In Public Access Opinion 23-004, the Public Access Coordinator (“PAC”) found that a school board violated the Open Meeting Act (“OMA”) when its posted agenda language failed to set forth…
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Kerry B. Pipal
Partner Kerry Pipal concentrates her practice in the areas of contract drafting and negotiation, construction, and real estate matters.
In Edgar County Watchdogs v. Joliet Township, a government oversight organization submitted a FOIA request to a township for a copy of a specific hard drive. The township responded that…
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On January 31, 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced in a press release that the state’s public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been continuously renewed for thirty-day…
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The Department of Education (DOE) recently updated its guidance on ESSER and GEER funding to include more information on a variety of topics, including disposition rules for equipment and supplies,…
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In a recent binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor determined that a city properly denied a FOIA request for personal information of certain employees covered by a particular collective bargaining…
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In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an elected official does not have a viable First Amendment claim based on a purely verbal…
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In a recent binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor found that a city council violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) when it failed to provide the Zoom link to a…
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In a challenge to a school board’s decision to hold a remote meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued a binding opinion…
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The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued a binding opinion that a school board violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by failing to offer members of the public…
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In a binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) found that a village violated FOIA by first withholding a “goodbye” email sent by the village’s retiring police chief on his…
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