by Randal Birkey | Dec 29, 2014 | Carlos S. Arévalo, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
On Dec. 9, 2014, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision holding that the time spent by employees waiting to go and going through security screenings is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”). Pursuant to FLSA and the...
by Randal Birkey | Dec 12, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Timothy J. Clifton, Uncategorized
The Illinois Legislature recently voted to override Governor Quinn’s veto of HB3796, which went into effect immediately (Dec. 3, 2014). This bill offers two different types of relief to units of local government in responding to Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)...
by Randal Birkey | Dec 12, 2014 | Anthony J. Sassan, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
With the recent police shootings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland, as well as the death by strangulation of Eric Garner at the hands of city police officers in New York City, comes a renewed national debate —...
by Randal Birkey | Dec 4, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized, William C. Westfall
The case of People v. Timmsen addressed whether a police officer had reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle that made a lawful U-turn within 50 feet of a police safety checkpoint. At play were an individual’s right to privacy versus the...
by Randal Birkey | Dec 2, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg, Uncategorized
As we enter December and the end of tax levy season, we remind you that state statute requires your levy ordinance to specify “in detail in the manner authorized for the annual appropriation ordinance or budget of the municipality, the purposes for which the...
