On November 8, 2018, a federal appeals court upheld a trial court’s decision to issue a nationwide injunction against the federal government from rescinding the DACA program. For now, the…
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In 2012, the Illinois General Assembly passed a law expanding the requirements of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (“Act”). The Act now requires all mandated reporters to report…
As we previously reported to you in the January 2018 and February 2018 editions of The Extra Mile, Township High School District 211 has been defending a legal action brought…
In 2011, the Department of Education, under then-President Barack Obama, issued guidelines that addressed how schools should investigate and prosecute claims of sexual assault. In September 2017, the U.S. Department…
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…
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…