Sara Davey

Dec 6, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Sara Davey

Share Voters in Alaska approved Ballot Measure 1, which will boost Alaska’s minimum wage and provide guaranteed sick leave to workers. First, Ballot Measure 1 increases Alaska’s minimum wage to $13.00 per hour, effective July 1, 2025, from the current minimum wage of $11.73 per hour. This represents an increase of $1.27, or approximately 10.8%.

Feb 23, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Debra R. Bernard |Calvin Cohen |Sara Davey

The Illinois Supreme Court recently opened the floodgates for class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and created potentially catastrophic exposure for Illinois businesses. In a close 4-3 ruling, the landmark decision in Latrina Cothron v. White Castle System Inc. holds that every individual scan or transmission of biometric data made without the proper disclosures amounts to a separate violation of BIPA.