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Economic Development For Municipal Officials (PDF 1070KB)
This handbook describes the various legal tools Illinois municipalities can use to encourage economic development.
This handbook describes the various legal tools Illinois municipalities can use to encourage economic development.
Handbook for Newly Elected Officials (PDF 3930KB)
Our Newly Elected Officials Guide is designed to provide information and guidance on various laws and procedures to newly-elected officials of all local governments. (Updated 2021)
Our Newly Elected Officials Guide is designed to provide information and guidance on various laws and procedures to newly-elected officials of all local governments. (Updated 2021)
304 Questions That Have Actual Answers (PDF 1559KB)
In this handbook, we list the 304 questions about local government issues that you always wanted to know…with actual answers.
View All In this handbook, we list the 304 questions about local government issues that you always wanted to know…with actual answers.

Balancing First Amendment Rights with the Interests of Public Employers: The Origins and Legacy of Garcetti v. Ceballos (PDF 469KB)
Litigation partner Darcy Proctor was a contributing author to this article regarding First Amendment rights, published by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Litigation partner Darcy Proctor was a contributing author to this article regarding First Amendment rights, published by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Survey of 2011 Municipal Law Cases (PDF)
Litigation partners Darcy Proctor and Lucy Bednarek were contributing authors to the 2011 Survey of Municipal Law Cases, published by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
View All Litigation partners Darcy Proctor and Lucy Bednarek were contributing authors to the 2011 Survey of Municipal Law Cases, published by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Sex, Guns, and God! (PDF 400KB)
Participants learned about local regulatory issues related to strip clubs, churches, guns shops and other land uses entangled with rights flowing from the First and Second Amendments of the U.S. Cons...
Participants learned about local regulatory issues related to strip clubs, churches, guns shops and other land uses entangled with rights flowing from the First and Second Amendments of the U.S. Cons...
Ancel Glink Defense E-News (3rd Quarter, 2017) (PDF 129KB)
The E-News is a publication of Ancel Glink's defense litigation group.
The E-News is a publication of Ancel Glink's defense litigation group.
In the Zone: Land Use E-News (Fall, 2017) (PDF 96KB)
In the Zone is a publication of Ancel Glink's land use group.
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Happy International Women's Day (3/8/2023)
Ancel Glink celebrates its women attorneys on this International Women’s Day.Julie Tappendorf,
Keri-Lyn
Krafthefer, Margaret
Kostopulos, Kathy
Kunkle, Megan Mack,
Jaime Such, Mary Jean Dolan, Ka...
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Super Lawyers (3/7/2023)
Ancel Glink is pleased to
feature their 2023 Super Lawyers; Julie Tappendorf,
Thomas DiCianni,
Keri-Lyn
Krafthefer, Pedro
Fregoso, Robert
Hoban and Ronald
Passarelli.
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Happy Presidents' Day (2/21/2023)
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"The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves - in their separate, and indi...
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April 2021
Do I have to pay our employees for time off taken to get vaccinated for COVID-19?
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October 2018
Our Village has a resident that files FOIA requests once per week and the work to produce the documents has begun to take more and more of staff's time. Is it ever okay not to respond to a FOIA request?
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June 2018
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One of our employees requires intermittent 15 minute breaks under FMLA. Are we required to compensate that employee for the time spent on those breaks?
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