by Randal Birkey | Oct 30, 2018 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
PAC Reiterates That Public Bodies May Only Discuss Specific Employees, Not a Class of Employees, in Closed Sessions Author: Ruth Alderman Schlossberg October 30, 2018 In October, the Office of the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) published Public...
by Randal Birkey | Oct 2, 2018 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
FCC Issues Regulations Covering Small Cell Facilities on Public Rights of Way Author: Ruth A. Schlossberg October 2, 2018 On September 26 of this year, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) approved new regulations governing the installation of wireless...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 28, 2018 | Attorney, Kelly A. Cahill, Local Government Law Bulletin
Law Strengthens Employment Protections for Service Members Authors: Kelly A. Cahill, Matt Marcellis September 28, 2018 On August 26, 2018, Senate Bill 3547 became law. This public act creates the Service-Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (ISERRA) which...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 18, 2018 | Attorney, Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin
Law Expands Time to File Discrimination Complaint, Expedites Time to File Civil Lawsuit Authors: Brad Stewart, Matt Marcellis September 18, 2018 Public Act 100-1066, which took effect on August 24, 2018, expands the time limit to file a discrimination complaint with...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 18, 2018 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
Municipal Election Filing Season Is Upon Us Author: Ruth A. Schlossberg September 18, 2018 Preparations for the April 2, 2019, Consolidated Election for municipal offices are now underway. The Illinois election regulations can be very confusing with different rules,...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 4, 2018 | Attorney, David W. McArdle, Local Government Law Bulletin
General Information Related to Public Duties in Settlement Agreements Not Excludable Under FOIA Author: David W. McArdle September 4, 2018 In August 2018, the Office of the Attorney General published Public Access Opinion 18-010 which emphasized that information...
