A federal appellate court held that an employer did not have to accommodate its nurse employee after she was severely injured in an accident, although it had modified her job duties for two years, because she was no longer able to perform the essential functions of the job.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced a comprehensive review of Title IX regulations and guidance in response to President Biden’s prior Executive Order.
An Illinois appellate court ruled that a FOIA request estimated to require CPS to sift through 28,000 pages of documents was not automatically unduly burdensome.
Partners Cindi DeCola and Tony Loizzi will discuss the fundamentals of collective bargaining at an IASA Workshop on May 5, 2021.
The City of Hillsboro was found to have violated the OMA when it entered closed session to discuss an issue involving a sewer main that the City Council believed could result in litigation. However, because litigation was neither pending, probable, nor imminent, the discussion of the issue in closed session was improper.
Attorneys Jessica Nguyen and Frazier Satterly have been promoted to partner.
The Illinois Council of School Attorneys Names Babak Bakhtiari to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee.
In an effort to target workplace inspections and compliance assistance in industries with higher risk for COVID-19, OSHA has identified school transportation as one sector (among many) where it will be taking a closer look.
Join Jennifer Deutch and Aimée LeBlanc when they present non-COVID legal updates as part of the IAASE Winter and Spring Webinar Series on March 31 at 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Michelle Todd shares insights on how to prepare for a “never-ending” Section 504 meeting in recent Special Ed Connection article.
