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Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act making general contractors liable for the wages of their subcontractors' employees. The new law is commonly referred to as the wage protection act.
On June 10, 2022, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law two related bills, HB 5412 and HB 4600, sent to him the previous month by the Illinois legislature that will hold a primary...
CHARLESTON – A former employee of the West Virginia Association of Realtors says her supervisor engaged in “an extreme, pervasive and repeated pattern of sexual harassment and assault” against her that also led to her constructive dismissal.
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Many state and federal statutes provide that when property is used in certain prohibited ways, ownership of the property passes to the government. Often, the statutes allow these forfeitures to be declared in civil proceedings against the property itself, without the normal safeguards of the criminal process. Indeed, if no one claims the property after proper notice, the government’s assertion of ownership can become incontestable without any judicial proceedings at all. Statutes authorizing such civil or administrative forfeiture might seem like egregious violations of both property ...