When is your personal text or email subject to FOIA?
by Karl R. Ottosen and Chloe Cummings (Fall 2018) In Ahmad v. City of Chicago, 16 CH 15152 (2017), the [...]
Oak Lawn, residency, and the duty to bargain
by Robert W. Steele, Jr. (Fall 2018) The Illinois Appellate Court for the First District of Illinois recently held that, [...]
Out with the old, in with the new: The Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
by Brian O'Connor (Fall 2018) “Change is the only constant in life” – Heraclitus of Ephesus, 5th Century BCE On [...]
Seventh Circuit dismisses federal civil rights claim related to firefighter discipline
by James G. Wargo (Summer 2018) The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently found that the Village of Melrose Park [...]
The ABCs of AEDs
by Robert W. Steele, Jr. (Summer 2018) The push for the increased use of automatic external defibrillators (“AEDs”) in schools, [...]
Appellate court clarifies labor contract “meeting of the minds”
by Thomas J. Gilbert (Summer 2018) A recent decision from the Illinois Appellate Court for the Second District addressed several [...]
New method to annex “no man’s land” enacted
by ShawnP. Flaherty (Spring 2018) A “no man’s land” is defined as “an indeterminate or undefined place or state” or [...]
The PAC’s greatest hits of 2017
by John E. Motylinski (Spring 2018) While the courts are important in defining the meaning of the Freedom of Information [...]
Firefighters in military service and their legal rights
by Brian J. O'Connor (Spring 2018) Firefighters possess and routinely display a selfless dedication to service and others while sharing [...]
And the bubble goes “POP” – Johnson v. IWCC and a firefighters’ presumption
by Craig D. Hasenbalg (Winter 2018) Section 6(f) of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act creates a rebuttable presumption that a [...]