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Pointers on preference points

Michelle Buhr2019-02-08T09:23:43+00:00February, 2019|Fire Protection Districts|

by Joseph Miller III (Winter 2019) Statutes providing veteran preference are entrenched in our nation’s civil service history. For example, [...]

Supreme Court extends reach of ADEA to small fire protection districts

Michelle Buhr2019-02-13T13:45:06+00:00February, 2019|Fire Protection Districts|

by John E. Motylinski (Winter 2019) On November 6, 2018, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Age [...]

Notable recent legislation impacting Illinois Fire Protection Districts

Michelle Buhr2019-02-08T09:17:42+00:00February, 2019|Fire Protection Districts|

by Shawn P. Flaherty (Winter 2019) One of the primary impacts of the November 6, 2018 General Election is that [...]

When is your personal text or email subject to FOIA?

Michelle Buhr2018-11-12T16:38:44+00:00November, 2018|Fire Protection Districts|

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

Michelle Buhr2018-11-07T10:35:46+00:00November, 2018|Fire Protection Districts|

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

Michelle Buhr2018-11-07T10:33:46+00:00November, 2018|Fire Protection Districts|

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

Michelle Buhr2018-07-05T16:24:30+00:00July, 2018|Fire Protection Districts|

by James G. Wargo  (Summer 2018) The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently found that the Village of Melrose Park [...]

The ABCs of AEDs

Michelle Buhr2018-07-05T16:22:17+00:00July, 2018|Fire Protection Districts|

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”

Michelle Buhr2018-07-05T16:20:51+00:00July, 2018|Fire Protection Districts|

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

Michelle Buhr2018-03-28T15:20:06+00:00March, 2018|Fire Protection Districts|

by ShawnP. Flaherty (Spring 2018) A “no man’s land” is defined as “an indeterminate or undefined place or state” or [...]

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