Topic:
FOIA and attorney's fees
(Biss, D-Skokie) provides that a requester prevails if relief is obtained through (1) a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the public body after suit has been filed, unless the public body can demonstrate that its voluntary or unilateral change was not caused by the filing of litigation under this Section, (2) an enforceable written agreement or consent decree, or (3) a judicial order. Passed out of Senate Executive Committee and on second reading in the Senate.