Katherine A. LaRosa

In a binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) found that a city violated the Freedom of Information Act when it withheld a nondisclosure agreement that the city entered into…

In International Association of Fire Fighters Local 4646 v. Village of Oak Brook, a village board’s closed session discussion of budget proposals violated the Open Meetings Act because it exceeded…

In a binding opinion, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) found that a school board violated the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) when the board president interrupted a public…

In Public Access Opinion 23-002, the Public Access Coordinator (“PAC”) found that a public school did not violate FOIA by partially denying a request for faculty survey results. In September…

In Chicago Sun-Times v. Chicago Transit Authority, an Illinois appellate court found that the Chicago Transit Authority (“CTA”) met its burden to prove that disclosing surveillance footage could reasonably be…

A reminder that public bodies cannot simply withhold entire documents just because some of the contents are exempt. An Illinois appellate court found that the City of Chicago could not completely withhold a police “action plan” regarding a planned response to the verdict in the highly publicized trial of Jason Van Dyke, where it contained both exempt and non-exempt content.