by Randal Birkey | May 24, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Vehicle Impoundment Fine Author: Jacob D. Caudill May 24, 2016 Recently, an Illinois Appellate Court upheld a municipality’s administrative impoundment fee as constitutional. Specifically, the municipality charged a $500...
by Randal Birkey | May 12, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Lucas Museum Litigation Highlights Problems for All Levels of Government Author: William C. Westfall May 12, 2016 The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is the brainchild of the one and only George Lucas, and was slated to be completed in 2019-2020 in Chicago’s Near South...
by Randal Birkey | May 10, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Appellate Court Decides Case Concerning PSEBA Author: Jacob D. Caudill May 10, 2016 Recently, an Illinois Appellate Court decided a Public Safety Employee Benefits Act case (PSEBA). Specifically, a former police officer brought two counts against the Village...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 29, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Appellate Court Finds City Violated FOIA by Inappropriately Withholding Reports Author: Jacob D. Caudill April 29, 2016 A recent Illinois Appellate Court decision held that the City of Peoria violated Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 29, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
Severance Agreements Subject to FOIA Effective June 1, 2016 Author: Ruth A. Schlossberg April 29, 2016 The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) has explicitly required the disclosure of settlement agreements since 2010. Public Act 99-478, passed last fall,...
