by Mark Benfield | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Effective on January 1, 2022, the State of Illinois amended its Freedom To Work Act to limit the ways employers can enforce non-compete and non-solicitation agreements with current or former employees. The amendment prohibits employers from entering into...
by Mark Benfield | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Joseph Weigel | January 7, 2022 Estate planning is something you should do to get all your affairs in order at any stage in life. Completing this process ahead of time allows you to alleviate an already stressful and traumatic experience deriving from an untimely...
by John Remus | Aug 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Joseph Weigel | August 13, 2020 Temporary workers are hired through temporary worker agencies to provide companies with an alternative hiring process while avoiding the costs associated with hiring employees on a full-time basis. Companies do not have to provide...
by John Remus | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Joseph Weigel | June 3, 2020 On Governor Pritzker’s first day of office, he signed into law Public Act 100-1177, making significant changes to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA). The bill took effect on June 1, 2019. Before Public Act 100-1177, the law...
by John Remus | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog
People v. Hill, No. 124595 (March 19, 2020).On March 19, 2020, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that there was probable cause for a police officer to search a defendant’s vehicle. In the case, the police officer pulled over the defendant because he believed that the...
by John Remus | Apr 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
McCarthy, Callas & Feeney, P.C. values the health and safety of our clients and employees. We are open and available to serve your legal needs during the Coronavirus outbreak, but our office will only be open to the public during the following limited hours:...
by Mark Benfield | Jun 7, 2019 | Blog
People v. Swensen No. 15-2814 (February 28, 2019) In Swensen, an Illinois defendant was found guilty of disorderly conduct that was deemed unprotected by the First Amendment. In a phone call to the director of advancement at a private elementary school, the defendant...
by Mark Benfield | May 6, 2019 | Blog
No substantial basis for probable cause makes search warrant invalid. People v. Manzo, 2018 IL 122761 The Illinois Supreme Court held that there was a failure to establish a connection between the supplier’s drug deals and the defendant’s home. Thus, the...
by Mike Halpin | Jan 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
There is a new family-law act that attempts to streamline the divorce process. Public Act 100-0520 takes effect in June of 2018 and makes changes to the Code of Civil Procedure and the Illinois Dissolution of Marriage and Marriage Act (IMDMA). This new act focuses on...
by admin | Oct 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Since the housing market crash in 2008, more and more people are choosing to buy on contract instead of seeking a traditional mortgage. What this means is buyers are choosing to live in a house while directly paying the seller a contract payment over time instead of...
