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The first Illinois statutes concerning public access to records involved county offices. A law enacted in 1887 granted public access to records in the possession of a county recorder, and other statutes granted access to records of a county clerk or board of supervisors. The courts also recognized the legislature's authority to grant access to ...
In 1988, 154 attorneys were reported for misconduct in Illinois. In 1989, 922 attorneys were reported for misconduct. [5] Often cited discussion of the Himmel rule are by Richard W. Burke in 3 Geo.J.Legal Ethics 643 (1989-1990) and by Bruce Green in 39 William & Mary Law Review pp. 357–392 (vol. 39, issue 2), although the case has been cited ...
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is an Illinois statute that grants to all persons the right to copy and inspect public records in the state. The law applies to executive and legislative bodies of state government, units of local government, and other entities defined as "public bodies".
Attorney misconduct is unethical or illegal conduct by an attorney. Attorney misconduct may include: conflict of interest, overbilling, false or misleading statements, knowingly pursuing frivolous and meritless lawsuits, concealing evidence, abandoning a client, failing to disclose all relevant facts, arguing a position while neglecting to disclose prior law which might counter the argument ...
Judicial misconduct occurs when a judge acts in ways that are considered unethical or otherwise violate the judge's obligations of impartial conduct.. Actions that can be classified as judicial misconduct include: conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts (as an extreme example: "falsification of facts" at summary judgment); using the ...
Judge rules CPD officers accused of serious misconduct may choose arbitration, but hearings to remain public Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune Updated March 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act, is a state of Illinois statute enacted in 2021 that makes a number of reforms to the criminal justice system, affecting policing, pretrial detention and bail, sentencing, and corrections.
The duty to report misconduct is one of the ethical duties imposed on attorneys in the United States by the rules governing professional responsibility. [1] With certain exceptions, an attorney who becomes aware that either a fellow attorney or a judge has committed an act in violation of the rules of ethical conduct must report that violation.