The Seventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of three Illinois school employees’ lawsuits challenging their districts’ COVID-19 “vaccinate or test” policy under Title VII and the Emergency Use Authorization Act (“EUA”).…
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Jeffrey C. Goelitz
As a partner in the firm and a member of the firm’s Management Committee, Jeff Goelitz represents Illinois schools and school leaders, focusing primarily on labor and personnel issues.
Since our original report on the April 24th injunctions blocking the Department of Education’s Title VI anti-DEI directives, A federal appeals filing on Wednesday confirms that the Trump administration has…
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In Haase v. Kankakee School District 111 et al., a student was attending gym class while the gym teacher allegedly “provided soccer balls to the students, went to a seat…
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Hodges Loizzi attorneys will share insights on various school law topics at the upcoming IASB-IASA-IASBO Joint Annual Conference on November 21-23 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Partners Pam Simaga and…
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The long-running case involving a teacher’s refusal to call students by their preferred names and pronouns, Kluge v. Brownsburg Comm. Sch. Dist. Corp., has taken yet another turn. We have…
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In Inendino v. Nance-Holt, et al., a firefighter/EMT was terminated and placed on the no rehire list after making racially offensive comments on Facebook, violating the Chicago Fire Department (CFD)…
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The federal Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) issued a statement yesterday that DHS has rescinded its policy restricting immigration enforcement in “protected areas.” Beginning in 2011, the Department has operated under…
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In Passarella v. Aspirus Hospital, Inc., and Bube v. Aspirus Hospital, Inc., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over Illinois) ruled that employees who…
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We have previously reported on various social media cases involving public entities, and a recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in People for…
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In Hicks v. Illinois Department of Corrections, a newspaper accused Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) employees of posting "offensive content" on Facebook. This accusation led to an internal investigation, and…
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