Thanks to a recent legislative change, the campaign season for those wishing to run for the school board now begins about a month earlier. Historically, the window set forth in the Election Code for filing nominating petitions with the county clerk […]
On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, upending 40 years of judicial precedent holding that federal courts should defer to federal agencies when it comes to […]
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce that James C. Franczek, Jr. and Michael Warner have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Erin Walsh has been included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to […]
The Illinois Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued its seventh binding opinion of the year, finding a Village Board of Trustees violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by taking improper action to authorize the purchase of a vehicle without adding it […]
Join Franczek attorneys Kaitlin Atlas, Kristen Kinast, and Brittany Begley for a webinar on Thursday, August 22 at 12 PM discussing legal updates related to residential placements. The 30-minute webinar will provide an overview of Senate Bill 3606, which was […]
Schools throughout the country are preparing to implement the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ (“OCR”) long-awaited final 2024 Title IX regulations. These new regulations, which replace the 2020 regulations, took effect today. In the wake of their release, legal […]
As we previously reported, the new 2024 Title IX Regulations are now in effect as of August 1, 2024. To support compliance with the new 2024 Title IX regulations, Franczek P.C. has created a comprehensive Title IX Toolkit for K-12 Institutions. This Toolkit […]
We are delighted and proud to inform you that the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) has just released an updated edition of a property tax publication by Franczek partners Ares Dalianis and Scott Metcalf in its 2024 Edition […]
