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Illinois Supreme Court Rules on Video Gaming

by Randal Birkey | Nov 10, 2016 | Attorney, Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized

We have continued to monitor court cases pertaining to municipal regulation of video gaming licenses and establishments. One case we previously reported on was J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC v. Wild, Inc. At specific issue in the case was the preeminence of the Illinois...

Illinois Attorney General Issues FOIA Opinion

by Randal Birkey | Nov 9, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized

Recently, the Illinois Attorney General issued its eighth Public Access Counselor opinion of 2016. At issue was whether a municipality violated the Freedom of Information Act by improperly denying a request as unduly burdensome. In July, an FOIA request was submitted...

Attorney General Finds Village Violated Open Meetings Act

by Randal Birkey | Sep 15, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized

Attorney General Finds Village Violated Open Meetings Act Author: Jacob D. Caudill September 15, 2016 On September 13, 2016, the Illinois Attorney General issued its seventh binding Public Access Opinion of 2016. In the opinion, the Attorney General found that a...

Panhandling Ordinances Remain Controversial

by Randal Birkey | Jan 20, 2016 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Timothy J. Clifton, Uncategorized

In January 2014, the Springfield, Missouri, City Council passed an amended panhandling ordinance. In December 2015, an individual filed a federal lawsuit against the City claiming that the ordinance was not being properly applied. Ultimately, in mid-December, a...

Home Rule Voting Procedures Trump the Illinois Municipal Code

by Randal Birkey | Jan 7, 2016 | Jennifer J. Gibson, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized

On December 23, 2015, the Illinois Second District Appellate Court issued an opinion holding that the City of Crystal Lake’s home rule voting procedures trumped the voting procedures set forth in the Illinois Municipal Code. The case involved a tax objection...

Appellate Court Overturns Illinois Attorney General’s PAC Opinions

by Randal Birkey | Jan 7, 2016 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized

Last month, an Illinois Appellate Court reversed two of the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) opinions. Both opinions deal with Section 2(e) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA). As we previously reported, the PAC’s opinions regard the definition of...
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Construction Law Road Map – 2014


David W. McArdle, a Crystal Lake attorney and managing partner of Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle, has authored an updated edition of his handbook titled Construction Law Road Map, which focuses on construction law... Read More

You’ve Been Elected! Now What Do You Do?


Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle (ZRFM) announces the publication of its book, You've Been Elected: Now What Do You Do? The book is a practical guide to serving as... Read More
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