ISBE’s final rules regarding school districts providing interpreters at IEP meetings to support parents whose native language is other than English went into effect on January 22, 2021. The rules…
In Kalisz v. Board of Education of Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96, an Illinois appellate court upheld a school board’s dismissal of a tenured teacher for cause, even though the teacher’s…
On February 2, 2021, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over Illinois) reversed a lower court decision and held that the language of a collective bargaining agreement…
On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. This Executive Order establishes that the Biden…
In McAllister v. Innovation Ventures, LLC, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appellate court that governs Illinois) agreed that an employee’s ADA claim could not survive summary judgment…
In Williams v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appeals court that governs Illinois) agreed that an employee’s ADA disability…
A teacher formerly employed by Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 filed a lawsuit alleging that the school board improperly dismissed him by erroneously determining that his conduct was…
In Better Government Association v. Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and Navy Pier, Inc., an Illinois appellate court found that documents in the possession of a private corporation that was…
Many questions are being raised by the new IRS Form 1099-NEC. Beginning with tax year 2020, Form 1099-NEC (rather than Form 1099-MISC) should be used to report most nonemployee compensation…
On November 6, 2020, an Illinois appellate court reversed a Kane County trial court’s grant of a temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of Governor Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-61 as…