Considerations for Employers Concerning COVID-19 Vaccinations
BY ANDREW FISKE As COVID-19 vaccinations begin, employers are considering whether they can – or should – require employees to […]
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U.S. Supreme Court Tightens Scrutiny on Regulations Impacting Religion
BY PETER FRIEDMAN Just before midnight on the night before Thanksgiving, the United States Supreme Court temporarily enjoined New York […]
Daily Herald: Arlington Heights hires new village attorney
Arlington Heights officials have hired a group of lawyers who were mentored by the late, longtime village attorney Jack Siegel […]
Litigation Update: State and Federal Courts Continue to Uphold the Constitutionality of COVID-19 Executive Orders (with the exception of the Clay County Circuit Court)
BY JEFFREY MONTELEONE AND PETER FRIEDMAN Two notable court decisions decided recently upheld the constitutionality and enforceability of Governor Pritzker’s […]
New State Law Creates COVID-Specific Disability Benefits Extension and Increases Protections for Retail Employees
BY ANDREW FISKE Public employers should note that Public Act 101-0651 (“Act”), signed by Governor Pritzker on August 7, 2020, […]
New Emergency Proclamation and Executive Orders Move Illinois Into Phase 4
On Friday June 26, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued a new Emergency Disaster Proclamation and Executive Orders 2020-43 and 2020-44, officially […]
Best Practices for Public Participation in Virtual Public Meetings and Public Hearings
By Stewart J. Weiss & Andrew N. Fiske In the short interim since Governor Pritzker issued a statewide “Stay at […]
Governor Pritzker’s Open Meetings Act Suspension Authorized Under State Law During Covid-19 Emergency
By Peter Friedman, Jeffrey Monteleone, and Benjamin Schuster On March 13, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-07 pursuant to […]
Illinois General Assembly Formally Relaxes Open Meetings Act
In March 2020, shortly after issuing his first proclamation of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Pritzker issued an […]
Coronavirus Local Government Impacts: Action Items and Analysis
The COVID-19 coronavirus is at the forefront of public concern. Information and guidance at the federal and state levels continues […]
Crain’s Chicago Business: Holland & Knight’s Steven Elrod to Form New Law Firm
Big law firm billing pressures are spotlighted in an exodus by a former Cook County sheriff’s son and nine other […]
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Holland & Knight Group Leaves to Start Elrod Friedman
A group of 10 attorneys are leaving Holland. & Knight LLPs municipal government practice to form a new boutique firm […]
Patch: North Shore Municipal Attorneys Form New Boutique Law Firm
The founding partners of the Illinois government law and land use practice at Holland & Knight brought their whole team […]
Law360: 10 Ex-Holland & Knight Attys Form Ill. Gov’t Practice Boutique
Law360 (February 20, 2020, 10:17 PM EST) — Holland & Knight LLP’s former executive partner for Chicago, Steven Elrod, has […]
Chicago Tribune: Attorneys Who Represent a Number of Area Suburbs Start Their Own Firm
Two longtime attorneys who represent a lengthy list of local suburbs are launching a new firm, bringing their municipal clients […]
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Towns Invoking Emergency Powers to Stem Virus Spread
Even before the entire state of Illinois was placed under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order last week, local governments began […]
Additional COVID-19 Coronavirus Guidance Municipal Public Health Emergency Powers Mayors and Presidents
As response efforts ramp up to reduce and slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, we understand public officials, and […]
Responding to Freedom of Information Act Requests During the Coronavirus Emergency
By Benjamin Schuster and Mark Burkland In normal times, a public body’s compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) […]
New COVID-19 Employee Leave Provisions to Take Effect On April 2, 2020
By Andrew Fiske On March 18, the president signed into law the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act”, which creates new […]
Elrod Friedman Covid-19 Alert #5 – An Analysis of Governor Pritzker’s “Stay At Home Executive Order from a Local Government Perspective
On March 20, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-10 (Covid-19 Executive Order No. 8, the “Executive Order”), a wide-ranging […]