HLERK News

The Seventh Circuit recently upheld the district court’s finding that a former tenured teacher’s Age Discrimination in Employment Act claim was barred from federal court by the preclusion doctrine as…

In Richter v. College of DuPage, Blanche Richter, a student at the College of DuPage, sustained injuries after falling on an uneven sidewalk. Richter alleged that the college had actual…

In Porter v. The Illinois State Board of Education, et al., the Plaintiff, Kecia Porter, challenged the special education accommodations provided to her daughter, K.P., an elementary student in Chicago…

In Green v. American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 604, Robert Green, an Aurora East School District No. 131 teacher, sued the AFT and the IFT…

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a school district’s appeal regarding the constitutionality of a prohibition on the cancer awareness “I ♥ Boobies” bracelets. The Easton Area School…

In a major ruling affecting all Illinois school districts, on June 5 the Illinois Appellate Court (Fourth District) reversed the decision of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (“IELRB”). The…

In Hayden ex rel. A.H. v. Greensburg Cmty. Sch. Corp., 13-1757, 2014 WL 685529 (7th Cir. Feb. 24, 2014) the federal appellate court governing Illinois considered a claim brought by…

As school districts continue to find more students eligible for services and accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 more litigation regarding Section 504 follows. The Seventh…

As we have noted in the Extra Mile, we continue to follow on your behalf the variety of legal challenges to the recently passed “pension reform” legislation. A Sangamon County…