On February 9th, Governor Rauner issued an executive order eliminating mandatory fair share dues for Illinois agency employees, declaring them unconstitutional. Notably, the order does not affect Illinois school districts,…
The Illinois Supreme Court recently upheld the dismissal of an action challenging the spending of working cash fund moneys filed by five taxpayers on behalf of Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District…
The Illinois Supreme Court granted a petition filed by HLERK seeking review of the recent appellate court decision in the “bleachers case” out of Crystal Lake South High School. As…
In 2012, tenured Chicago Public Schools Kindergarten teacher Kathleen Kinsella showed up to work, having enjoyed three sangrias at dinner the night before. She still smelled of alcohol when she…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently erased the victory of the Good Samaritan Ministries in an employee termination case, Ledbetter v. Good Samaritan Ministries, et al.,…
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Taxpayers’ Lawsuit Alleging Improper Transfer from Working Cash Fund and more…
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Chicago State University professor alleging he was twice passed over for promotion in retaliation…
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which governs Illinois, recently affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a doctoral student’s disability discrimination lawsuit. The appellate court in Novak v. Board of…
As promised, we have been actively following the pension reform litigation that is now in the Illinois Supreme Court. On January 22nd, the Illinois Supreme Court denied the motions of…
The Illinois Supreme Court recently declined to hear the only published reduction-in-force case under the new SB 7 RIF statute, leaving intact the appellate court victory for the Peoria School…