Appellate court revisits, yet again, the definition of an “act of duty” in police pension case
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Summer 2008) |
Administrative Adjudicatory Systems
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Administrative adjudicatory systems and accelerated fine structures for ordinance violations
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2006) |
Administrative Review Act
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Illinois Supreme Court issues guidance on the technicalities of the Administrative Review Act
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2006) |
Court issues guidance on the Administrative Review Act
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2006) |
Arrest of Employee
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What is the proper response when an employee tells you he or she has been arrested?
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2006) |
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
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AEDs in Illinois schools
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2005) |
Avian Influenza
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Preparing your school district for possible avian influenza crisis
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2006) |
Background Checks
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Use of social security numbers to conduct background checks of local government applicants for employment
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2005) |
Bonds
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Performance bonds and labor and material payment bonds
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2006) |
Charges for Private Water Service
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Changes pending: public fire protection charges for private water service
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2008) |
Collective Bargaining
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Illinois Supreme Court grants Village a break on late response to labor complaint
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2005) |
Court finds mandatory bargaining required on promotion law provision since 2003
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Summer 2007) |
Condemnation
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School property acquired by condemnation
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2004) |
Construction
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Ally or partner in crime? The Public Works Contract Change Order Act
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2004) |
Ally or partner in crime? The Public Works Contract Change Order Act
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2004) |
Ally or partner in crime? The Public Works Contract Change Order Act
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2004) |
Disability Pension Benefits
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A fireman’s curable claustrophobia does not qualify him for a mental disability pension
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2004) |
Recovery from disability is all that is necessary to discontinue pension payments
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Summer 2004) |
Is it time to change pension award and discharge procedures for duty or non-duty causes?
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2005) |
Another court weighs in on physician certificate requirements in police disability matters
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2005) |
Recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling questions certification requirement in police disability pension cases
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Summer 2005) |
Demski case clarifies effect of one decision on another on disability issues
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2005) |
Does the Dowrick case make privity concerns for pension boards a thing of the past?
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2006) |
Majority of a quorum is enough to grant a firefighter disability pension
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2006) |
Majority of a quorum is enough to grant a firefighter disability pension
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2006) |
Stickney II: officer wins twice
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Summer 2006) |
Fourth District adds to disability certification debate
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2006) |
Illinois Supreme Court reverses appellate court’s decision to declare Section 3-115 unconstitutional
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2007) |
Ability of police and firefighter pension funds to recover overpayment of benefits
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2007) |
Second District Appellate Court broadens definition of “line of duty” for police disability pensions
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2007) |
Appellate court affirms board’s authority to decide disability pension benefits
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2008) |
Discrimination
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New law on sexual orientation discrimination passed
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2005) |
New law on sexual orientation discrimination passed
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2005) |
Illinois General Assembly amends processing of discrimination charges
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2007) |
Supreme Court’s latest step to end race discrimination in schools
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2007) |
Drug Testing
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Random drug-testing for firefighters hits a significant wall
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2004) |
Random drug-testing for firefighters hits a significant wall
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2005) |
Eligibility Lists
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The option to merge eligibility lists
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Summer 2008) |
Eminent Domain
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Kelo ruling leaves eminent domain “public purpose” determination to state and local governments
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2005) |
Employee E-mail
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Employee e-mail: private matters or public records?
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Fall 2006) |
Employee e-mail: private matters or public records?
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2006) |
Employees
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Seventh Circuit finds pre-termination hearing procedures inadequate
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2005) |
Seventh Circuit finds pre-termination hearing procedures inadequate
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2005) |
Second District case calls White decision into doubt
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2005) |
How to respond to an employment reference solicitation
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2005) |
School employee dismissals: A Primer
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2008) |
Ethics
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Ethics Reform enacted by General Assembly
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2004) |
Ethics Reform enacted by General Assembly
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2004) |
Ethics Reform enacted by General Assembly
Legal Insights for School Districts (Summer 2004) |
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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Seventh Circuit rules on FMLA leave for substance abuse treatment
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2008) |
Federal Pension Protection Act of 2006
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The Federal Pension Protection Act of 2006: Applicability to police and firefighter pension funds
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2007) |
Fire Prevention Ordinances
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The authority of fire protection districts to enforce fire prevention ordinances after Wauconda Fire Protection District v. Stonewall Orchards
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2004) |
Fire protection district prevails in Illinois Supreme Court decision
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Summer 2005) |
Fireman’s Rule
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The “Fireman’s Rule” – Its history and its future
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Spring 2004) |
First Amendment
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The Pledge and the dilemma faced by public schools
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2004) |
The First Amendment and elementary schools: Do kindergartner students have free speech rights?
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2004) |
Outside literature poses First Amendment quandary for schools
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2004) |
Establishment Clause continues to cause confusion for municipalities
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Summer 2005) |
High school basketball players allege First Amendment violation
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2007) |
Three standards of analysis in student speech matters
Legal Insights for School Districts (Winter 2007) |
Seventh Circuit limits First Amendment protection for teachers’ in-class speech
Legal Insights for School Districts (Spring 2007) |
Schools can suppress student speech that encourages illegal drug use
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2007) |
Police officer’s comments not protected by the First Amendment
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Winter 2007/2008) |
FLSA
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The state of overtime wage regulations in Illinois
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Summer 2004) |
Section 207(k) status of paramedics under FLSA remains unclear despite new test
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2007) |
Forfeiture of Pension Benefits
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A felony conviction can result in the forfeiture of pension benefits
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Summer 2004) |
Two new cases look at felony forfeiture provisions in the Illinois Pension Code
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Spring 2006) |
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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Freedom of Information Act exemption for personnel files defined
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2005) |
Freedom of Information Act exemption for personnel files defined
Legal Insights for School Districts (Fall 2005) |
Are local governmental entities required to disclose employee e-mails under the Freedom of Information Act?
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2008) |
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
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GASB 45: Financial reporting of post-employment benefits
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2007) |
GASB 45: Financial reporting of post-employment benefits
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Spring 2007) |
Hearings
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Coyne case tackles several critical issues involving pension disability matters
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Summer 2004) |
Practicing law without a license: New territory in the ever changing special use application process
Legal Insights for Local Governments (Fall 2004) |
Court finds commission is without jurisdiction to hear a disciplinary charge
Legal Insights for Fire Protection Districts (Winter 2007) |
Insurance
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Insurance may cover legal fees for pension matters on administrative review
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Winter 2004) |
Seventh Circuit denies insurance coverage for defending underfunding lawsuit
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Summer 2008) |
Intervention
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Court tackles intervention question in pension matters
Legal Insights for Pension Boards (Fall 2004) |
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