Legal News & Developments

In a recent opinion, Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. 1 (2024) (slip op.), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a federal criminal bribery law, 18 U.S.C. § 666, regulating…

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…

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…

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…

Public Act 103-0790 (effective August 9, 2024), amended the School Code to substantially change the role and selection of the township trustees of schools. First, any Cook County school district…

In Shawnee Community Unit School District No. 84 v. PTAB, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that payment of property taxes “under protest” (i.e., before the appeal is concluded) is not…

In a binding opinion, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor (PAC) found that a village board violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by failing to provide sufficient advance notice…

The Illinois School Code allows public school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools to maintain undesignated supplies of asthma medication, epinephrine, and oxygen tanks. As of January 1, 2024, these…

In a recent ruling receiving national media attention, the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia) upheld a trial court ruling…