Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Scott Seaman, Ian Wagreich, and Palma Yanni have each been recognized in the 2027 edition of the Lexology Index Thought Leaders: USA guide

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 of its lawyers have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that associate Calvin Edwards of the firm’s Chicago office has been honored as a 2026 Rising Star Award recipient by the Black Men Lawyers’ Association (BMLA). 

Hinshaw partner Megan Lopp Mathias recently joined the Innangard Global Podcast for the episode titled “DEI & Populism in 2026–Global Perspectives from Japan, Turkey, and the USA,” featuring a cross‑border discussion about DEI employment policies and populism.

Hinshaw partner Ian Wagreich authored a chapter, “Service Center Processing: US Applications,” in the newly released 2026 edition of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) “Immigration Law” handbook.

Read a Law360 “Expert Analysis” by Hinshaw Lauren Swanson that provides compliance takeaways for employers from a recent Eleventh Circuit decision clarifying the limits of compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Florida law. 

Hinshaw partners David Alfini, Aimee Delaney, and Adam Guetzow will lead a Skilled Nursing Facilities Bootcamp hosted by LeadingAge Illinois on October 6, 2026, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm CST at Northern Illinois University in Naperville.

Join Hinshaw's 30th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar on September 29, 2026, designed for HR professionals and in-house counsel navigating today’s evolving workplace landscape.

Chicago-based partner Ian Wagreich will present at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) 2026 Midwinter Conference and Webcast in Chicago on March 6, 2026. 

Hinshaw partners Aimee Delaney and Jason Oliveri will present on “The Future of Work: Embracing Generative AI For Workplace Innovation” at a CLE webinar on June 8.

Hinshaw partner Aimee Delaney will lead an IACCPHP webinar examining recent state and federal labor and employment law developments affecting Illinois employers.

A CLE webinar analyzing key changes in US immigration law after the 2025 administration transition, and focusing on recent policy shifts and legislative proposals to assess their impact on global mobility and compliance.

Discover the key QDRO requirements every employer and plan administrator should know to reduce risk and ensure compliant plan administration.

Identify common workplace risks before they become costly legal claims and learn how a proactive compliance review can help protect your business in our latest blog post.

Learn about three Illinois employment law changes taking effect on January 1, 2027, what they mean for employers, and practical steps organizations can take now to prepare for compliance.

Read our latest privacy alert covering key trends and developments in children’s privacy laws, AI in employment decisions, cyber threats posed by Claude AI, recent litigation on AI notetaking tools, and more.

On November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an emergency regulation, requiring the workforce of Medicare- and Medicaid- certified providers and suppliers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order for Medicare and Medicaid facilities to continue participation in those programs. Noncompliance with the emergency regulation may result in the termination of Medicare and Medicaid provider status and could also subject providers and suppliers to civil monetary penalties and denial of payment.

On August 21, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Home Care Association of America v. Weil reversed a lower court decision and upheld the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) 2013 regulatory change regarding domestic service workers who provide companionship services or live-in care.

When hospitals, healthcare entities and medical groups employ physicians and mid-level practitioners through employment agreements, they generally include a covenant not to compete/covenant not to solicit ("Restrictive Covenant") in the agreements. In Illinois, for many years, as long as the Restrictive Covenant was reasonable in terms of geographic area and duration and was necessary to protect an employer's legitimate business interest, the Restrictive Covenant was considered enforceable. The offer of initial employment or continuing employment was considered to be sufficient consideration for the Restrictive Covenant.

President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum on August 8, 2020, directing the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to use his authority to defer the "withholding, deposit and payment of certain tax obligations." This includes the employee share of certain payroll taxes—employee Social Security taxes and Medicare taxes—on wages or compensation paid from September 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.

On June 8, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") published a proposed rule that would remove the ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements instituted in an extensive final rule (The Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities) issued by the agency in 2016. If the proposed rule is adopted, long-term care facilities will be free to enter into pre-dispute arbitration agreements as long as certain transparency requirements are met. CMS proposes to remove the provision precluding facilities from entering into pre-dispute agreements for binding arbitration with any resident or resident's representative found at §483.70(n). Further, the agency proposes to remove the provision banning facilities from requiring residents to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of admission.

SummaryThe Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) directed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: 

On May 22, 2020, the Illinois legislature overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill that creates COVID-19 workers' compensation protection for certain workers considered "essential" under the Governor's stay-at-home order. The bill provides that for COVID-19 first responders and front-line workers who are infected with the coronavirus, "the exposure and contraction shall be rebuttably presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of the employee's first responder or front-line worker employment and the injury or occupational disease shall be rebuttably presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures of the employee's first responder or front-line worker employment."

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced employers across the country to rapidly make numerous and significant decisions about how to manage their business in this unprecedented time. Employers have had to quickly develop and implement policies and procedures addressing remote work, layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts, workplace conditions, and a host of other issues. Not surprisingly, we're already starting to see COVID-19-related lawsuits being filed against employers.

The Fourth Circuit ruled that vacated convictions cannot trigger inadmissibility under the INA—read our alert to learn what this means for noncitizens and immigration practitioners.

Learn about the impact of a federal ruling that the Trump Administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa petition fee is unlawful, finding that the fee violated the Administrative Procedures Act by bypassing mandatory notice-and-comment requirements.

Read our guidance about the new USCIS policy memorandum’s impact on how Adjustment of Status applications are evaluated, as well as key takeaways and next steps for employers and individuals.

Von Kaenel v. Armstrong Teasdale, LLP, No. 18-2850 (8th Cir. 2019)

Welcome to the first edition of The LHD/ERISA Advisor, a Hinshaw newsletter focusing on legal developments in the life, health, and disability areas. The Advisor will provide an analysis of the most current cases and trends on both ERISA-governed and individual policy claims. We sincerely hope the newsletter will provide useful context and support for your litigation and claim decisions going forward.

Welcome to the Labor & Employment Chronicle, our quarterly newsletter that reviews the top stories from Hinshaw's Employment Law Observer blog.

Welcome to the Labor & Employment Chronicle, our quarterly newsletter that reviews the top stories from Hinshaw's Employment Law Observer blog.