In the days since the first COVID-19 vaccinations were administered to healthcare workers in the U.S., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued new guidance for vaccinations in the workplace. The guidance document explains how an employer’s vaccine program interacts with and implicates anti-discrimination statutes like the ADA, Title VII, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”). It also provides parameters for employers who wish to require/administer vaccines.

On December 2, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) published an updated quarantine guidance document titled “Options to Reduce Quarantine for Contacts of Persons with SARS-CoV-2 Infection Using Symptom Monitoring and Diagnostic Testing.” This publication provides guidelines which local health departments may choose to adopt to shorten quarantine protocols for close contacts of a COVID-19 case.

On November 21, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) updated its “COVID-19 Travel Recommendations by Destination” and issued several other travel-related publications.

With all regions in the State operating under mitigation measures which include limits for in-person meetings (10 or 25 persons depending on the region), there is great confusion about whether…

On September 30, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court accepted an appeal in Cahokia Unit School District No. 187 et. al. v. Governor J.B. Pritzker and the State of Illinois.

In June, Governor Pritzker signed Public Act 101-0642 into law, which included the following language about November 3, 2020, General Election

On October 13, 2020, less than 30 days since publishing its last revised interim exclusion guidance, the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”) released its latest version of the “COVID-19 Interim Exclusion Guidance: Decision Tree for Symptomatic Individuals in Pre-K, K-12 Schools and Day Care Programs.

The Covid-19 pandemic has touched nearly all aspects of daily life and as this In Brief goes out the county is less than two months away from a contentious federal election conducted under circumstances few imagined possible at the start of the year. Though the Consolidated Election is not until April 2021—a time some normalcy is hopefully starting to return to our lives—much of the process for nominating candidates and hearing objections occurs in the fall and winter of this year. There will surely be surprises and questions. We will be here to assist you as they come up.

Both the CDC and IDPH recently published updates regarding when individuals may return to school/work following a COVID-19 related event or travel.

The Fifth District Appellate Court recently decided the case of Saladrigas v. City of O’Fallon, 2020 IL App (5th) 190466, a class-action lawsuit challenging the validity of a City of O’Fallon Ordinance authorizing the impoundment of motor vehicles used to commit certain offenses, including DUI, driving while license revoked, and driving while license suspended. The City’s Ordinance provided that the City could impound the motor vehicle used in the listed offenses and charge $500 to the owner of the vehicle impounded under the Ordinance.