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Monthly Archives: September 2020

CLIENT ALERT: EXECUTIVE ORDER ON COMBATING RACE AND SEX STEREOTYPING LIMITS CERTAIN TYPES OF DIVERSITY TRAINING

By: Debbie Osgood and Linh T. Nguyen On September 22, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (“EO”) to combat, in the Trump Administration’s view, “offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating” in certain diversity trainings hosted by executive departments and agencies, […]

  Sep 25, 2020  |  By    |   On Education

The U.S. Department of Education Issues Final Rule on Religious Liberty and Free Inquiry

On September 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) issued the Final Rule on Religious Liberty and Free Inquiry (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule implements new requirements on public and private institutions of higher education as material conditions of receiving certain federal grants. These material conditions relate to free […]

  Sep 24, 2020  |  By    |   On Education

HMBR Shareholder Named Co-Chair of the ABA’s Labor and Employment Law Section’s Trial Institute

Patrick Deady, head of the firm’s Litigation Practice, was recently named the union/employee co-chair of the Trial Institute of the ABA’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. The Trial Institute sponsors a biannual comprehensive four-day trial skills training course specifically designed for mid-level labor and employment lawyers.  The 3rd Trial […]

  Sep 16, 2020  |  By    |   On Firm News

HMBR Successfully Appeals A Circuit Court Decision That Reinstated Pension Credits Awarded To A Government Employee For Unqualified Prior Employment

The River Forest Township (Township), together with the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) successfully appealed a decision of the Cook County Circuit Court that had reinstated 198 months of “omitted service credit” awarded to a former Township employee for his prior employment with a non-profit entity not eligible to make […]

  Sep 9, 2020  |  By    |   On Firm News