Recently, the Illinois General Assembly voted to override Governor Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto to legislation designed to pave the way for the implementation of S.B. 1947, the massive education funding law passed last fall designed to aid the neediest school […]
Recent Developments in Affordable Care Act Compliance: Employer Obligations for 2018 and Beyond
February 5, 2018
Over the past year, there has been a significant focus in the press on various attempts to overhaul or repeal key elements of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), which was originally passed into law almost eight years ago. While there […]
Governor Rauner Issues Executive Order Precluding State Legislators from Practicing Before Property Tax Appeal Board
January 22, 2018
This past Friday, Governor Bruce Rauner issued Executive Order 2018—01 entitled “Executive Order to Eliminate Impermissible Conflicts of Interest at the Property Tax Appeal Board”. The Order states that the PTAB “shall allow no State legislator to participate in any […]
Implications of a Government Shutdown for Employers and Educators
January 19, 2018
As the looming threat of a government shutdown becomes more real, we briefly review prior shutdowns and provide guidance on what employers and educators might anticipate. Government shutdowns are not as rare an occurrence as one might think; shutdowns have […]
Federal Injunction Results in Reinstatement of DACA Application
January 15, 2018
In response to last week’s nationwide injunction entered by Judge William Alsup of the Federal District Court in San Francisco, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Saturday that it has resumed acceptance of renewal requests for Deferred Action […]
Over the last two days, the media has been reporting that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering aggressive new measures that would potentially reduce or eliminate certain H-1B extensions available under the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century […]
In the last month and a half of 2017, the Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office issued three binding opinions, one addressing the Open Meetings Act (OMA) and two addressing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), finding […]
The Winds Keep Blowing: Miscimarra’s Final Days with the NLRB Produce More Change for Employers
December 19, 2017
Last week we issued two alerts (here and here) covering the winds of change blowing at the NLRB. The strong winds continued on Friday, December 15 as the Board overruled two more decisions: one addressing an employer’s duty to bargain; the other […]