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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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.
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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In the most important fishing case school leaders will ever read, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous…
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On March 15th, 2024, the Supreme Court delivered decisions on two cases at the intersection of public officials’ social media accounts and community members’ First Amendment right to access those…
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In general, the ADA requires that local governments make their services and programs reasonably accessible to people with disabilities. To that end, the United States Department of Justice has issued…
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Hodges Loizzi Partners Jeff Goelitz and Tony Loizzi will discuss recent collective bargaining trends and strategies at the upcoming Illinois Association of School Personnel Administrators (IASPA) annual conference on Thursday, January 25th,…
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In 2018, the EEOC filed an age discrimination suit on behalf of employees of Urbana School District No. 116 alleging that employees’ pay increases were restricted on the basis of…
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In Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District Board of Education, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,…
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The Satanic Temple, Inc. (“TST”) sponsors the After School Satan Club at public schools throughout the country. In February 2023, the TST applied to use the facilities of the Saucon…
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