The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that an adjunct professor’s letter criticizing her employer’s treatment of adjunct professors was protected speech and that the adjunct…
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In Bowman v. The Chicago Park District, the Illinois Appellate Court held that the Chicago Park District (“CPD”) may be liable for the injury that Cheneka Ross, a 13 year…
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In Doe v. Galster, a former student of Elmbrook School District filed suit against the district and school administrators due to harassment by several classmates allegedly based on her gender…
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In Malinksi v. Grayslake Community High School District 127,the Illinois Appellate Court held that a school district was not liable for injuries that resulted from the bullying of a student…
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In Lashever v. Zion-Benton Township High School, Laura Lashever, a former school psychologist at Zion-Benton Township High School, sued the district for allegedly violating the Whistleblower Act. 2014 IL App…
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In Hansen v. Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC,the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit determined that employers must not summarily deny intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave…
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We have been following in the Extra Mile, the on-going litigation in Board of Education of Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District v. Risen, in which the federal district court found…
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A new Illinois Public Act 98-0705 relating to dyslexia is currently effective. A new section of the Illinois School Code requires ISBE to adopt an international definition of dyslexia into…
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As of January 1, 2014, Illinois Public Act 98-129 allows Illinois elementary and secondary schools to request or require that students provide access to their social media passwords. The new…
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