USCIS Filing fees will be raised substantially effective October 2, 2020. Be sure to file before this deadline to save costs. Naturalization applications will increase by more than 80 percent (costing upwards of $1100) and asylum applications will be charged a $50 filing fee for Form I-589., with limited exceptions. Separate filing fees will be…
What is Bullying? Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems. In order to be considered bullying the behavior…
Can I sue my boss if they have a bad temper? A bad temper by your boss in itself is not enough, nor is simple teasing, offhand comments or isolated incidents that are not extremely serious. Generally speaking (depending on exact facts and circumstances) you may have an actionable case if the unwelcome comments or…
What is a Contract? In Illinois, a contract requires the following elements in order to be valid: Offer Acceptance Consideration Intention to create legal relation Capacity to contract An offer and acceptance, followed by consideration often results in a valid contract, to the surprise of many people. This is true even if there is no…
What is Harassment? Harassing conduct in Illinois is knowing conduct which is not necessary to accomplish a purpose that is reasonable under the circumstances that would cause a reasonable person emotional distress and does indeed cause emotional distress to another. Generally, it is conduct which is intentionally directed at someone and annoys, threatens, intimidates, alarms…
Are you a business in the United States? Think you don’t need to worry about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that is set to go into effect on May 25, 2018? You may want to check again, because it may be possible that your company is subject to the regulation (and its accompanying…
