by Martha Burke | Mar 9, 2023 | All, Areas, Employment Law, Martha Burke
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) returned to established precedent and found that a severance agreement which included broad non-disparagement and confidentiality clauses violated the employees’ section 7 rights under...
by Aaron Bibb | Feb 22, 2023 | Aaron Bibb, Employment Law, Whistleblower
What is Healthcare Fraud? Government-funded healthcare programs don’t just provide essential healthcare services to people who need them—they’re also big business. In 2021, the federal government spent $901 billion on Medicare and $734 billion on Medicaid. Even though...
by Connor Clegg | Feb 16, 2023 | Connor Clegg, LTDI
The Biden Administration recently announced that it intends to end the COVID-19 National Emergency on May 11, 2023. If your short-term or long-term disability benefits were denied or terminated during the COVID-19 National Emergency, your ability to continue pursuing...
by Lili Behm | Feb 6, 2023 | Employment Law, Lili Behm
The Federal Trade Commission’s (the “FTC”) goal is to protect the American public from unfair business practices and from unfair methods of competition in business and trade. Competition in business can include competition for good workers, especially when the job...
by Jake Feltham | Jan 31, 2023 | Jakob Feltham, Workers Compensation
Hurt at Work? Say Something! I talk every day with people who have hurt themselves at work. Too often, the people I talk to tell me that they didn’t report the injury. Sometimes they haven’t even been to the doctor. I get it: you’re tough and you’re used to gritting...
by Hadley Brouhard | Jan 11, 2023 | Firm News, Marisol González Castillo, News and Victories
Marisol González Castillo, an Associate Attorney at Hawks Quindel, has been nominated for Wisconsin State Bar President-Elect. She currently works with the Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, and Consumer Law teams. Attorneys and Staff describe her as tenacious,...