2021 Articles

The Illinois Liquor Control Commission adopted an amendment to the Part titled The Illinois Liquor Control Commission. This amendment clarifies the process by which the commission may authorize transfers of alcohol between retail licensees.

On April 26, 2021, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled a trial judge improperly relied on his belief of the effects of police training on the ability to identify a face from a distance.

The Department of Employment Security adopted a new provision for the Part titled Payment of Unemployment Contributions, Interest and Penalties, simplifying and expediting the processing of unemployment claims.

On Nov. 19, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court held that union lawyers are immune from personal liability for actions taken as union representatives under a collective bargaining agreement.

On Feb. 16, 2021, the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that statements made in response to questions by a 911 operator can still be spontaneous enough to qualify for the excited-utterance exception to the hearsay rule.

On Feb. 22, 2021, the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court suppressed evidence obtained from a trauma room where the defendant was being treated because the defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in that room.

On Nov. 19, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court held that a private person may bring an action on behalf of the state and be entitled to a share of the monetary damages if the private person is an interested person by virtue of her personal knowledge of nonpublic evidence of wrongdoing.