After a two-week trial, a Cook County jury took just two hours to award a former Country Club Hills firefighter $11.2 million in damages for sexual harassment in the work…
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In a major ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin) vacated its prior ruling and granted a new hearing…
In Avaras v. Clarkstown Central School District a New York district court found that a school district denied a student FAPE for 16 months by delaying his evaluation for services…
On October 11, 2018, an Illinois appellate court in People v. Kahn upheld the conviction of a defendant for making internet threats against a school. Specifically, the defendant posted to…
On September 10, 2018, the United States Court of Appeal for the Seventh Circuit ruled in favor of an HLERK pro bono client, Elijah Manuel. In its decision, the court…
In Garlick v. Naperville Township, 2017 IL App (2d) 170025, the Second District Appellate Court held that a township’s real property assessment data was exempt from disclosure under the Illinois…
The legislature amended the School Code adding new requirements for Chicago Public Schools (“CPS”) when drafting IEP’s, which went into effect on August 20, 2018. This amendment requires that schools…
On August 27, 2018, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Sloan v. American Brain Tumor Association, 901 F.3d 891 (7th Cir. 2018), affirmed the dismissal of an employee’s retaliation…
In P.S. v. Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District No. 131, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois rejected the parents’ “Emergency Motion for Preliminary Stay-Put Injunction” and…
On August 27, 2018, the Seventh Circuit upheld the lower court’s decision that the Chicago Public School district adequately assessed a 14-year old boy, and that a few errors in…