Publications

• Concealed carry comes to Illinois,  Illinois Manufacturer Magazine, October 28, 2013
• Illinois employers face firearms obligations and choices, Inside Counsel, October 14, 2013
• Illinois Enacts Medicinal Cannabis Pilot Program Law, Pharmaceutical Compliance Monitor, October 9, 2013
• Failure to complain insulates employers from harassment claims, Inside Counsel, September 30, 2013
• Labor: NLRB Specialty Healthcare bargaining unit standard withstands employer challenge, Inside Counsel, September 16, 2013
• Labor: Labor law developments unfold before 2014 elections, Inside Counsel, September 2, 2013
• Labor: Medical marijuana law comes to Illinois, Inside Counsel, August 19, 2013
• Labor: Supreme Court clarifies definition of supervisor for Title VII discrimination and harassment cases,  Inside Counsel, August 5, 2013
• Labor: NLRB makes pre-agreement discipline subject to bargaining with union, Inside Counsel, February 4, 2013
• Labor: NLRB overturns decades of precedent in support of continuing dues-checkoff, Inside Counsel, January 21, 2013
• Labor: Michigan right-to-work law continues to put labor on its heels, Inside Counsel, December 24, 2012
• Labor: NLRB finds at-will employment clauses live to see another day, Inside Counsel, November 26, 2012
• Labor: Wisconsin shootings remind employers to address domestic violence in the workplace, Inside Counsel, November 12, 2012
• Labor: Employee investigations—in some circuits, you can rely on what you know, Inside Counsel, October 29, 2012
• Labor: Social media policy concerns gain traction as NLRB issues first decisions, Inside Counsel, October 15, 2012
• Labor: 7th Circuit takes another look at reassignment as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA, Inside Counsel, October 1, 2012
• Labor: 6 tips for complying with EEOC guidance when using arrest and conviction records, Inside Counsel, September 17, 2012
• Labor: Legislation seeks to ban employer use of employee social media passwords, Inside Counsel, September 3, 2012
• Employers’ Summer of Discontent: Obama Labor Board pushes anti-employer agenda, Westlaw Journal, September 20, 2011
• The Employee Free Choice Act: Protecting Your Manufacturing Business, Industry Week, March 4, 2009
• Collective Bargaining Under the NLRA in the Health Care Industry, The Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, 3d ed. (2007-2012), a chapter in The Law of Medical Practice in Illinois — new in the Thomson West Illinois Practice Series. In this chapter, he discusses the unique issues facing acute care institutions under the National Labor Relations Act and in the labor relations and collective bargaining context.
• Having Your Waffle and Eating It Too: The EEOC’s Right to Circumvent Arbitration Agreements, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Summer 2002)
• Perspective – Bad Law and Bad Politics: OSHA’s l-Fated Ergonomics Standard, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Summer 2001)
• The Sting: “Testers” May Sue Under Title VII, Circuit Court Rules, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4, (Spring 2001)
• In the Lion’s Den: Religious Accommodation and Harassment in the Workplace, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1(Spring 2000)
• Conducting a Successful Union-Free Campaign: A Primer (Part I),  Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Autumn 1998)
• Conducting a Successful Union-Free Campaign: A Primer (Part II),  Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 24, No.3 (Winter 1998)
• Allentown Mack v. NLRB: Is the Board’s ‘Good Faith Reasonable Doubt’ Standard in Its Twilight? Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Summer 1998)
• Organizing Through Cyberspace: Electronic Communications and the National Labor Relations Act, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Spring 1998)
• Conducting a Human Resources Audit: A Primer, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 23. No. 1 (Summer, 1997)
• Defending Against the Corporate Campaign: Selected Legal Responses to Common Union Tactics, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Autumn, 1996)
• Navigating the STAA: A Survey and Recent Developments Under the Anti-Retaliation Provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, Labor Law Journal (April, 1996)
• Temporary Employment Relationships: Review of the Joint Employer Doctrine Under the NLRA, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Autumn, 1995)