by Randal Birkey | May 6, 2015 | Kevin A. Chrzanowski, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the District Court’s judgment in favor of the Village of Palatine in Senne v. Village of Palatine. In Senne, a class of plaintiffs alleged that the Village of Palatine’s use of information on parking tickets placed...
by Randal Birkey | May 6, 2015 | Anthony J. Sassan, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Last week, the United States Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether police officers may detain a driver of a vehicle for a short period of time in order to await the arrival of drug-sniffing dogs, after all of the lawful purposes of the traffic stop have been...
by Keith Picher | Apr 27, 2015 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, News, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
In early April, Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle attorney Ruth Alderman Schlossberg was appointed to a prominent post in the Illinois State Bar Association, an organization of about 30,000 Illinois attorneys. Highly regarded in the field of municipal and local...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 22, 2015 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
On May 20, 2015, the McHenry County Council of Governments in association with Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle will be hosting a “Seminar for Local Government Officials.” The seminar will be from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn located at...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 22, 2015 | David W. McArdle, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
An appellate court, in Meade v. City of Rockford, recently held that a settlement agreement, informally approved by a city council, was unenforceable despite a court having dismissed the case pursuant to the settlement. In coming to this resolution, the court answered...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 8, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
The members of the Local Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates Task Force (“Task Force”) were selected and began meeting last month. The Task Force was assembled pursuant to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Executive Order 15-15, is chaired by Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti,...
