US Magistrate Judge Eric Long has issued a letter to counsel in the Welcome Inn case that could be near settlement. In a Jan. 28 letter, Judge Long set out what needed to be done before the settlement conference scheduled for Feb. 22. The judge posed several questions...
A Welcome Inn settlement could soon be reached in the longstanding case. The parties to the suit have scheduled a settlement conference for February 22 at the Urbana, Illinois courthouse. By Feb. 15, each counsel, by confidential letter, must submit to the court a...
The Welcome Inn labor relations case could be coming to an end — but only if the defendants accept a Welcome Inn settlement demand offered by the attorney for the plaintiffs. Attorney John Ireland, representing April Brashier, Chad Lebow, Richard Orencia and more than...
An Illinois court will decide if text messaging can be used in a labor case filed against the owners of the Quincy Welcome Inn. The lawsuit has been ongoing for over a year with both sides now arguing whether the plaintiffs can receive certain notifications by text...
The plaintiffs in the case against Welcome Inn have asked the court to allow texting as a means of communication. John C. Ireland, who represents plaintiffs April R. Brasher and Richard M. Orencia, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated as...
