By Tess Kenny – Chicago Tribune April 5, 2024 A building in Naperville’s Freedom Commons complex that hasn’t been actively […]
By Todd Wessell – Journal & Topics April 5, 2024 In a stinging rebuke of assertions made by leaders of […]
April 26, 2023 By Marcus E. Martinez On April 24, 2023, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would […]
By Kelsea Neal Nolot Under a series of recent U.S. District Court cases and new administrative rulemaking, many sidewalks, crosswalks, […]
Courtney is an experienced municipal and land use attorney who counsels Illinois local governments on a wide range of topics, […]
Hannah R. Saed Kelsea Neal Nolot Hannah and Kelsea are Third Year Law Students at Chicago-Kent College of […]
Illinois Lawmakers Mull Assault Weapons Ban as Lame Duck Session Nears End Six months after a mass shooting at the […]
By Greg Hinz – Crain’s Chicago Business In an unusual display of regional unity, top elected officials from the metropolitan […]
The law firm of Elrod Friedman LLP is proud to announce that Greg Smith has joined the firm as a […]
December 2, 2022 By Brooke D. Leneman In May, 2022, the Illinois General Assembly approved Public Act 102-0740 (“Act”), which dramatically […]
By Phil Rogers – NBC Chicago Just months after the deadly mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July […]
November 1, 2022 By Kelley A. Gandurski Last month, FEMA published a new guide (linked here) for local government senior […]
By Alby Gallun – Crain’s Chicago Business The Gidwitz family wants to build nearly 500 apartments on a busy […]
Caitlyn R. Culbertson Kelley A. Gandurski Caitlyn is an experienced municipal and land use attorney who has counseled Illinois local […]
HOSTED BY JONATHAN AMARILIO AND TRISHA RICH On the morning of July 4, 2022, thousands of people were gathered to […]
By Daniel I. Dorfman – Chicago Tribune Plans are now in place for a new hotel to be constructed […]
July 26, 2022 By Liz Butler On July 20, 2022, the Chicago City Council adopted the Equitable Transit Oriented Development […]
By John Keilman Chicago Tribune As Highland Park officials ponder their legal response to the Independence Day mass shooting […]
June 27, 2022 By Caitlyn R. Culbertson In 1905, the State of New York adopted a law requiring all persons […]
Lincolnwood Trustee Atour Sargon, from left, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, Libertyville Mayor Donna Johnson and Steven Elrod, […]
April 4, 2022 By Liz Butler On Friday April 1, 2022, the Illinois General Assembly passed Senate Bill 3895 (the “2022 Amendment”), an […]
March 30, 2022 By Liz Butler and Peter Friedman New for 2022, Illinois has enacted a significant change to the […]
March 28, 2022 BY MARCUS MARTINEZ In our current climate of political polarization, there are few things on which the […]
January 5, 2021 BY BROOKE LENNEMAN I. Applicability to State and Local Government Employers: The federal vaccine mandate […]
Striking a blow for the mayor against aldermanic veto power over zoning in their wards, a City Council committee Tuesday […]
December 7, 2021 BY BRAEDEN LORD On November 10, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of […]
November 23, 2021 BY BROOKE LENNEMAN Public Act 101-0652, known as the SAFE-T ACT, amended the Illinois Public Officer Prohibited […]
Without a majority decision from the Illinois Supreme Court, the possession of specific types of “assault weapons” will remain illegal […]
Elrod Friedman LLP has been included in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report – “Best Law Firms” guide. Elrod […]
September 29, 2021 BY PETER FRIEDMAN On November 2, 2021, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Houston […]
On October 5, the Village Board of the Village of Arlington Heights voted unanimously to officially appoint Elrod Friedman LLP […]
The law firm of Elrod Friedman LLP is proud to announce that Marcus Martinez has joined the firm, focusing his […]
July 6, 2021 BY LIZ BUTLER Beginning August 1, 2021, any recipient of City of Chicago consent and support for […]
Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers Guide and highly respected lawyer rating service, has ranked Elrod Friedman LLP in Band […]
A relatively new city resident — who is nearly 20 years younger than all his colleagues on the Waukegan City […]
May 4, 2021 BY LIZ BUTLER Chicago’s Additional Dwelling Unit Ordinance (“ADU Ordinance”) went into effect on May 1, 2021. […]
April 12, 2021 BY LIZ BUTLER The City of Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance, in its current form, has been in […]
MARCH 31, 2021 BY LIZ BUTLER AND HART PASSMAN (Image source: City of Chicago Kinzie Industrial Corridor – Fulton […]
BY LIZ BUTLER AND PETER FRIEDMAN On March 24, 2021, the Chicago City Council adopted Ordinance 2020-4590, an amendment to […]
BY LIZ BUTLER AND HART PASSMAN Fulton Market Innovation District Study Area, 2020. (Source: Fulton Market Innovation District Plan […]
BY PETER FRIEDMAN In the November 2016 general election, Illinois voters approved a constitutional amendment known as the “Safe Roads […]
BY ANDREW FISKE As COVID-19 vaccinations begin, employers are considering whether they can – or should – require employees to […]
BY PETER FRIEDMAN Just before midnight on the night before Thanksgiving, the United States Supreme Court temporarily enjoined New York […]
Arlington Heights officials have hired a group of lawyers who were mentored by the late, longtime village attorney Jack Siegel […]
BY JEFFREY MONTELEONE AND PETER FRIEDMAN Two notable court decisions decided recently upheld the constitutionality and enforceability of Governor Pritzker’s […]
BY ANDREW FISKE Public employers should note that Public Act 101-0651 (“Act”), signed by Governor Pritzker on August 7, 2020, […]
On Friday June 26, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued a new Emergency Disaster Proclamation and Executive Orders 2020-43 and 2020-44, officially […]
By Stewart J. Weiss & Andrew N. Fiske In the short interim since Governor Pritzker issued a statewide “Stay at […]
By Peter Friedman, Jeffrey Monteleone, and Benjamin Schuster On March 13, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-07 pursuant to […]
In March 2020, shortly after issuing his first proclamation of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Pritzker issued an […]
The COVID-19 coronavirus is at the forefront of public concern. Information and guidance at the federal and state levels continues […]
Big law firm billing pressures are spotlighted in an exodus by a former Cook County sheriff’s son and nine other […]
A group of 10 attorneys are leaving Holland. & Knight LLPs municipal government practice to form a new boutique firm […]
The founding partners of the Illinois government law and land use practice at Holland & Knight brought their whole team […]
Law360 (February 20, 2020, 10:17 PM EST) — Holland & Knight LLP’s former executive partner for Chicago, Steven Elrod, has […]
Two longtime attorneys who represent a lengthy list of local suburbs are launching a new firm, bringing their municipal clients […]
Even before the entire state of Illinois was placed under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order last week, local governments began […]
As response efforts ramp up to reduce and slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, we understand public officials, and […]
By Benjamin Schuster and Mark Burkland In normal times, a public body’s compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) […]
By Andrew Fiske On March 18, the president signed into law the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act”, which creates new […]
On March 20, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-10 (Covid-19 Executive Order No. 8, the “Executive Order”), a wide-ranging […]