by sitebuilder | Aug 28, 2012 | Blog
Under HB5602, signed into law by Governor Quinn, school officials and law enforcement are now allowed to share juvenile criminal records on a limited basis. The impetus behind the legislation was an attack on an Elgin teacher back in 2008. Law enforcement records...
by sitebuilder | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog
Judge Richard G. Seeborg of the United States District Court in San Francisco rejected Facebook’s settlement offer with regard to a class-action lawsuit filed last year. In the suit, the plaintiffs argued that Facebook violated California law by publicizing users’...
by sitebuilder | Aug 8, 2012 | Blog
The Town of Cicero will pay $10,000 and adopt a policy outlining how police treat transgender people in response to a lawsuit brought against the town by a transgender woman. She claimed two town police officers illegally stopped, searched and verbally abused her in...
by sitebuilder | Aug 2, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB3782 which protects current and prospective employees’ right to privacy in the world of social media. The Bill, which goes into effect January 1, 2013, makes it illegal for an employer to request an employee’s or...
by sitebuilder | Aug 1, 2012 | Blog
A proposed settlement between the state of Illinois and the ACLU, has changed how the state handles birth certificates for individuals who have undergone a sex change. Under prior Illinois law, for an individual to change the gender on his or her birth certificate...
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