by Randal Birkey | May 14, 2014 | Carlos S. Arévalo, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
The summer is soon approaching and soon, if not already, college and high school students will hit the pavement and come knocking for interviews and jobs while they are off school. Their goal: to make some money or, at a minimum, to pad their resumes. While...
by Randal Birkey | May 2, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized, William C. Westfall
The First District Appellate Court rendered a decision in Stone Street Partners, LLC v. The City of Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings that invalidated the City of Chicago’s administrative adjudication judgment against a corporation for some noteworthy...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 16, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
In its first binding opinion of the year, the PAC has revisited an earlier problematic decision and has, perhaps, made things even more difficult for public bodies. As we previously reported, the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) issued an opinion in 2013 involving the...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 16, 2014 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin
Senate Bill 3411 was approved by an overwhelming majority of the State Senate last week (57-1) and now moves on to the House. Here is what SB 3411 generally means for local governments if it becomes law: Police departments may not use the number of citations an...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 3, 2014 | Carlos S. Arévalo, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Now that the Final Four is set and many a bracket has been busted, it seems appropriate that ZRFM’s Local Government Law Bulletin would offer a brief commentary on a recent development impacting college sports (even if it has little to do with local government!):...
