Happy New Year! Several employment laws became effective January 1, 2023, and our team at Franczek P.C. has compiled them in its new Labor & Employment Law Legislative Update, focused on new laws in effect in 2023. The new laws […]
School Law Legislative Update: New Laws in Effect in 2023
January 9, 2023
Happy New Year! Several Illinois laws related to schools became effective January 1, 2023, and our team at Franczek P.C. has compiled them in its new School Law Legislative Update, focused on new laws in effect in 2023. A PDF […]
Franczek’s Title IX Team Published in Illinois Association of School Business Officials UPDATE Magazine
January 3, 2023
An article by Franczek’s Title IX team—partners Kaitlin Atlas, Amy Dickerson, Jennifer Smith, attorney Emily Tulloch, and law clerk Jenny Lee*—was published in the Winter 2022 Risk Management issue of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) UPDATE magazine. […]
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce that Rachel Domash and Kristen Kinast have joined the firm as a associates. Rachel’s practice includes advising and representing clients in both the public and private sectors in a wide range of education, labor, […]
Labor Updates: Recent NLRB Rulings on Scope of Union Bargaining Units, NCAA Athletes
December 29, 2022
As we’ve previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or the Board) under the Biden administration has been issuing decisions that are more union-friendly and less favorable to employers. Earlier this month, the Board reversed a Trump-era decision that […]
PAC Issues Two Decisions in Favor of School District Decisions to Withhold Student Records and Proprietary Information
December 29, 2022
Recently, the Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued two non-binding opinions concerning the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), both upholding school district decisions to exert exemptions and withhold key documents under the FOIA. In the first decision, the PAC determined that […]
Franczek P.C.’s Nicki Bazer and Jenny Lee Published in Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Illinois Public Employee Relations Report
December 20, 2022
Scholarship by Franczek partner Nicki Bazer and law clerk Jenny Lee was recently published in the Fall 2022 edition of the Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Illinois Public Employee Relations Report. Their article, titled “Praying at the 50-Yard Line: How Will […]
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently issued a decision regarding the limited First Amendment protections afforded to speakers who use offensive and disruptive speech at school board meetings. In Grant v. Slattery, the […]