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“Fair Tax”? It’s a Matter of Trust.

There’s a ton of TV and radio ads promoting the so-called “Fair Tax” and a ton of ads fighting against it. You probably know the drill. Illinois currently has a Constitutionally mandated flat income tax. Governor Pritzker and the Democratic...

Round 2 of PPP. Are you ready this time?!

In my last post, I strongly suggested small businesses actively engage and ready themselves in order to obtain the essentially free money being provided by the Federal government under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) offered by the Small Business Association...

Payroll Protection Act- Small Business Savior!

Are you a business owner employing 500 people or less and concerned the government shut-down has all but crushed your enterprise? Well .. join the club. That said — with tongue firmly in cheek — there is help. Pretty serious financial help, that in some...

Covenants Not to Compete-A Dying Employer Tool?

Fox Business is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission is looking at potentially ending the practice by employers of using restrictive covenants (or, covenants not to compete) for certain personnel. Banning this employer tool/practice would be a rather drastic...

I’m STILL salty. When is enough truly enough?

It’s been quite a while since my last blog post. This one will be super short — a mini-rant continuing from two days ago. And here’s a heads-up, this isn’t a law post per se. WBEZ recently reported about an absolutely mind-boggling and truly...