Article Index : Ottosen Britz Kelly Cooper Gilbert & DiNolfo - Illinois Law Firm Representing Municipalities

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Article Index : Ottosen Britz Kelly Cooper Gilbert & DiNolfo - Illinois Law Firm Representing Municipalities

Article Index

#-A-E F-J K-O P-T U-Z

Administrative Review Law

Non-compliance with Administrative Review Law leads to dismissal of pension appeal
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2010)

Deference on review of pension board decisions
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2011)

Court applies the “thirty-five day” time limit to prevent reconsideration of retirement pension benefit amount
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2011)

Administrative Search Warrants

Administrative Search Warrants
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Summer 2011)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

ADA Amendments Act expands disability coverage
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2009)

ADA Amendments Act expands disability coverage
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2009)

ADA Amendments Act expands disability coverage
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2009)

Anti-Bullying

State and federal anti-bullying measures
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2011)

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy and the fire department creditor
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2011)

Calculation of Pension Benefits

Teacher pension dispute proves instructive to police and fire pension board policy disputes
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2010)

What is “salary” for the purpose of determining pensions?
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2011)

Care of Students with Diabetes Act

Care of Students with Diabetes Act becomes law
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2011)

Collective Bargaining Process

New minimum manning rulings impact collective bargaining process
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2011)

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Stimulus package changes to COBRA premiums
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2009)

Constitutionality

The constitutionality of Illinois public pension reform
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2011)

Creditable Service

Veterans in the fire service now entitled to an opportunity to receive additional creditable service time for military service
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2009)

Definition of “firefighter”

When is a firefighter not a firefighter for pension purposes?
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2009)

Demolition of Private Property

Illinois Appellate courts rule on demolition issues
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2011)

Disability Pension Applications

Causation continues to complicate duty-related disability pension applications
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2010)

Disability Pension Benefits

Court clarifies light duty interplay with receipt of pension benefits
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2009)

Appellate court provides guidance on interpreting the occupational disease statute
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2011)

Discrimination

Lessons from two reverse discrimination decisions
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2010)

Due Process

Seventh Circuit rules the Administrative Review Act provides sufficient due process for village employee
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2009)

What is due process?
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2009)

Due process
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2010)

Eavesdropping and Public Employees

Hurst case: Public employer is not an eavesdropper
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2011)

Educational Reform Legislation

Illinois passes landmark educational reform legislation
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2011)

Employee Termination

Court confirms termination for unexcused absences
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2010)

Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act

Employment of Illinois workers on public works affects fire protection districts
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2010)

F-J #-A-E F-J K-O P-T U-Z

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

FERPA: Recent decisions
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2010)

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

The U.S. Department of Labor issues final FMLA rules
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2009)

The U.S. Department of Labor issues final FMLA rules
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2009)

The U.S. Department of Labor issues final FMLA rules
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2009)

Ill-advised comments open door for potential FMLA retaliation claims
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2009)

Fire Station Liability

Children at the firehouse: Legal concerns
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2009)

Firefighter Health and Fitness

Firefighter seizure history and NFPA 1582
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2011)

Fireman’s Rule

“Fireman’s Rule” not always a bar to recovery
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2010)

First Amendment

Restricting the use of school buildings under the First Amendment
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2010)

Are public display racks forums for free speech?
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2010)

Foreign Fire Insurance Boards (FFIBs)

Foreign fire insurance boards - Public Act 96-0505
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2009)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Illinois Supreme Court narrows FOIA exceptions
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2009)

Freedom of Information Act Reform
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2009)

Illinois Supreme Court narrows FOIA exceptions
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2009)

Freedom of Information Act Reform
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2009)

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

Employers must affirmatively protect employee genetic information
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2011)

Employers must affirmatively protect employee genetic information
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2011)

Identity Protection Act (IPA)

Introducing the Illinois Identity Protection Act
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2010)

Introducing the Illinois Identity Protection Act
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2010)

Introducing the Illinois Identity Protection Act
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2010)

Reminder: IPA Policy Adoption Deadline Looms
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2011)

The Illinois Identity Protection Act Policies effective July 1, 2010
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2011)

Illinois Employee Credit Privacy Act

The Illinois Employee Credit Privacy Act
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Summer 2011)

Illinois School Students Records Act (ISSRA)

Student markings on test papers constitute student records under the ISSRA
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2009)

Illinois Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act

When student silence is golden and permitted by the Constitution
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2011)

K-O #-A-E F-J K-O P-T U-Z

Maintenance of Public Roads

A vexing boundary issue: bridge maintenance
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2009)

Medical Records

Guidelines for releasing protected medical records
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Summer 2009)

Minimum Manning Rulings

New minimum manning rulings impact collective bargaining process
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2011)

Mobile Home Park Act

Mobile home park water and hydrant adequacy
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Summer 2009)

Municipal Bankruptcy

When the money runs out: Is municipal bankruptcy an option?
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2009)

Municipal Compliance Report (Tax Levy Report)

Pension Reform Law expands required annual tax levy report
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2009)

Pension Reform Law expands required annual tax levy report
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2009)

Municipal Public Question Resolutions

Municipalities begin adopting public questions resolutions
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2010)

New Firefighter Hiring Bill

P.A. 97-0251: Resolving practical concerns of the New Firefighter Hiring Bill
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2011)

Open Meetings Act (OMA)

Court clarifies the prerequisites for closing public meetings
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2009)

Public bodies are not required to place closed session on agenda: Court clarifies the prerequisites for closing public meetings
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2009)

Second District finds no violation of Open Meetings Act for Village
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2010)

Pending changes to the Open Meetings Act
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2010)

P-T #-A-E F-J K-O P-T U-Z

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA)

Nursing mothers in the workplace: The legalities
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2010)

Pension Benefit Errors

Court limits police pension board’s ability to recalculate pension payments
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2009)

Court rules treasurer must make payments ordered by pension board
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2009)

Appellate court weighs in on the effective date of pension benefit awards
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2010)

Pension Board Impartiality

Pension board members must maintain their impartiality
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2010)

Pension Fund TrusteeTraining Requirements

New training requirements for pension fund trustees
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2009)

Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010

General Assembly passes Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2010)

Prejudgment Interest

Illinois Supreme Court rules that pension funds are not liable for prejudgment interest
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2010)

Probationary Period

Extending probationary period beyond twelve months ruled unlawful
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2010)

Public Employee Disability Act (PEDA)

Change in PEDA and PSEBA benefits after Nowak decision
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2011)

Change in PEDA and PSEBA benefits after Nowak decision
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2011)

Public Officers Prohibited Activities Act

Legislation loosens prohibited interest in not-for-profit organizations’ contracts
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2010)

Public Safety Employee Benefits Act (PSEBA)

Clear as mud: May firefighters obtain PSEBA benefits for training injuries?
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2010)

PSEBA and the Orland Fire opinions: an update
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2010)

Change in PEDA and PSEBA benefits after Nowak decision
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2011)

Change in PEDA and PSEBA benefits after Nowak decision
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2011)

First District issues more guidance in its third PSEBA opinion
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2011)

Red Flag Rules

Federal Trade Commission “Red Flag Rules” to be implemented August 1, 2009
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Summer 2009)

Request for Proposal Process

Fire district procurement issues: Steps for a successful RFP process
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2011)

School District Concussion and Head Injury Legislation

School districts must provide concussion and head injury education
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2011)

School District Liability

School district is not liable for former teacher’s post-employment sexual abuse
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2010)

Sexual Harassment

Illinois Supreme Court comes down hard on employer’s sexual harassment liability
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2010)

Special Education

Court prohibits audio-taping special education classrooms
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2010)

Recent legislation grants broad school access rights to parents and experts
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2010)

Student Discipline

School discipline of students for out-of-school misconduct involving electronic technology
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2010)

Student Free Speech

Student free speech after Zamecnik and Nuxoll v. Indian Prairie School District #204
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2011)

Student Searches

U.S. Supreme Court rules on student searches and the Fourth Amendment
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2009)

Surviving Spouses

Illinois Supreme Court determines Illinois Pension Code does not provide for annual increases to surviving spouses
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2009)

Pension boards must be forthcoming in notices to beneficiaries
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2010)

Tax Levy

Illinois Supreme Court invalidates special purpose levies under PTELL
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2010)

Levies, budget, and legal authority
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Summer 2011)

Technology

Cameras on the Fireground
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2011)

Termination of Pension Benefits

Court rules pension board should have held pre-deprivation hearing
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2010)

What felony convictions require forfeiture of pension benefits?
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2010)

Thwarting

Thwarting: When local governments cease to co-exist in harmony
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2010)

Tort Immunity

Revisiting the Public Duty Rule
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2010)

Revisiting the Public Duty Rule
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2010)

Local government immunity and recreational property
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2011)

U-Z #-A-E F-J K-O P-T U-Z

Union Representation

Teacher has no legal right to union representation during remediation meetings
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2011)

Zoning Process

Due process
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2010)