First Amendment Challenge Comes Out of “Left Field” at Wrigley Field

by Randal Birkey | May 27, 2016 | Attorney, Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin

First Amendment Challenge Comes Out of “Left Field” at Wrigley Field Author: Brad Stewart May 27, 2016 The City of Chicago passed an ordinance prohibiting the peddling of any items on the sidewalks outside of Wrigley Field. The asserted purposes of the ordinance were...

Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Vehicle Impoundment Fine

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...

Lucas Museum Litigation Highlights Problems for All Levels of Government

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...

Illinois Appellate Court Decides Case Concerning PSEBA

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...

Appellate Court Finds City Violated FOIA by Inappropriately Withholding Reports

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”)...

Severance Agreements Subject to FOIA Effective June 1, 2016

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,...