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Catherine R. Locallo Named 1st Vice President of the Justinian Society of Lawyers

Robbins Schwartz is pleased to announce our newest Associate Attorneys.

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Title IX Amendments Released, Effective August 1, 2024

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has issued its final Title IX regulations, which will go into effect on August 1, 2024. Read more about their guidance in our recent law alert.

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Robbins Schwartz is Pleased to Announce New Associate Attorneys

Robbins Schwartz is pleased to announce our newest Associate Attorneys.

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PAC Provides Further Guidance on Unduly Burdensome FOIA Requests

On March 5, 2024, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued a non-binding determination letter offering additional guidance to public bodies regarding the designation of requests as unduly burdensome. Read more about their guidance in our recent law alert.

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Schools and Park Districts Only Granted More Time to Comply with Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance

The Board of Commissioners recently passed a revised version of the Paid Leave Ordinance amendment exempting school districts and park districts from the ordinance’s requirements. Read more about the update in our latest law alert.

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International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women making a difference worldwide! Your courage, determination, and compassion inspire us all.

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The Illinois Supreme Court Holds That Students, Alleging That Pedophile Teacher’s Former School District Provided False Information to Students’ District, Can Proceed with Lawsuit

The Illinois Supreme Court this week held that Urbana School District students could pursue their lawsuit against the McLean County School District for providing Urbana with false information about the…

Taxing Districts Fighting Back

In a time of declining property values, it is growing easier and easier for taxpayers in tax appeals to obtain appraisals showing that a property’s actual value is below its…

NLRB Acting General Counsel Issues a Report on Employer Social Media Policies

Are you concerned about an employee’s post or tweet containing confidential business information or inappropriate comments related to their working conditions? If you are, can you lawfully discipline or discharge…

Public Act 97-0875: Illinois’ New “Facebook” Law

On August 1, 2012, Governor Quinn signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act (“Workplace Privacy Act”) which prohibits employers from “requesting or requiring any…

Robbins Schwartz Nicholas Lifton & Taylor, Ltd. Names New Managing Partner

Robbins Schwartz is pleased to announce that Joseph J. Perkoski has been named as the new managing partner of the firm. Since joining the firm in 2000, Joe Perkoski’s labor…

Illinois Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving Contentious Arbitration Award Ordering Reinstatement of At-Will Paraprofessional

In Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District No. 4 v. Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court addressed whether an arbitrator’s award ordering reinstatement of a paraprofessional…

Agendas for Public Meetings: “Just One More Thing”… or Two

Illinois’ oft-amended Open Meeting Act (OMA) has been amended again, this time to mandate more specific content for meeting agendas, and that they be made “continuously available for public review”…

FOIA Update: Binding Opinions and Case Decisions

This In Brief will provide you with a summary of the binding opinions issued by the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) since our March 2011 publication[1] and two recent FOIA cases. Binding Opinions…

RSNLT Named as One of the 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in Chicago for Third Consecutive Year by The National Association For Business Resources

For the third consecutive year, Robbins Schwartz was named as one of the 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago. The National Association for Business Resources (NABR)…

Amendment to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act Makes College Employees and Coaches “Mandated Reporters”

On June 27, 2012, Governor Pat Quinn has signed an amendment to Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, Public Act 97-0711, to require “personnel of institutions of higher education”…