Personal Information Protection Act requires notification of security breachesBy Michael R. LiedHuman and Civil Rights, August 2005A new Illinois statute, effective January 1, 2006, requires entities which collect personal data to notify individuals when there has been a breach of computer system security and where personal information may have been acquired.
Teenagers reportedly executed for homosexual conduct in IranBy Elizabeth Al-DajaniHuman and Civil Rights, August 2005Two teenaged boys were reportedly hanged on July 19, 2005 in Edalat (Justice) Square in the Iranian city of Mashhad, in northern Iran.
Smarter surfing: A guide to key human rights law Web sitesBy Kelly A. FoxHuman and Civil Rights, March 2005The Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto Law School manages this "authoritative and diverse" informational Web site.
Case commentBy Thomas A. BrunoHuman and Civil Rights, December 2004The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled (The City of Urbana, Appellee, v. Andrew N.B., Appellant.-The City of Champaign, Appellee, v. Montrell D.H., Appellant. ; Docket Nos 95408, 95803; Opinion filed June 24, 2004) that it is a misuse of the contempt power of the court to impose a sentence of incarceration on minor defendants who fail to meet the terms of their court supervision sentences in municipal ordinance violation cases.
Obiter dictumBy John Readen, Jr.Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law, December 2003Perhaps soon to be old news, the Alabama Supreme Court's recent run-in with the Ten Commandments is really not about what we read in the headlines.
Have you joined RISSNET?By James BumgarnerHuman and Civil Rights, September 2003If you are presently a member of VGTOF, Capps, TIA, or TIDISDM, you are also a member of RISSNET.
Human rights in Europe: 2002By Benjamin L. AptInternational and Immigration Law, March 2003There was no particular trend in European human rights policies or jurisprudence in 2002.
Judicial campaign speechBy Michael F. O’BrienHuman and Civil Rights, December 2002Dividing along its customary, 5-4, ideological fault line, the United State Supreme Court held in Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, ___U.S. ___, 153 L.Ed.2d 694, 122 S.Ct. 2528 (2002) (Scalia, J), that Minnesota's canon of judicial conduct prohibiting judicial candidates "from announcing their views on disputed legal and political issues" violated the First Amendment. 122 S.Ct. at 2532 & 2542 (emphasis added).
Protecting every Illinois familyBy Kenneth DobbsHuman and Civil Rights, December 2002Imagine that you are a seven-year-old boy. Your parents rent a summer cottage at a campground for a vacation.
Impact of the September 11th attacks on the freedoms of Arabs and MuslimsBy William J. HaddadHuman and Civil Rights, September 2002The Arab-American and Muslim communities in the United States were severely affected by the criminal attacks upon the United States of America on September 11, 2001 (9/11) by terrorists
“Economic development” takings restrictedBy Michael F. O’BrienHuman and Civil Rights, June 2002Perhaps signaling a trend toward greater protection of private property rights, the Illinois Supreme Court, in a highly unusual rehearing and reversal of its earlier ruling in the same case, held in Southwestern Illinois Development Authority v. National City Environmental, L.L.C., 199 Ill.2d 225, 768 N.E.2d 1, 263 Ill.Dec. 241 (2002) (SWIDA), that eminent domain cannot be used to take property for what it characterized as "purely private purposes," (768 N.E.2d at 11) even where that may stimulate "economic development." 768 N.E.2d at 9.
“The future of the section”By Patrick J. HughesHuman and Civil Rights, June 2002By the time this reaches you, the ISBA Annual Meeting will be over and this section Council will have concluded its initial meeting of the new ISBA year (2002-2003).
War crimes tribunals— 1948 revisitedBy James SternHuman and Civil Rights, June 2002Before rushing to embrace any International Courts or Military Tribunals in dealing with "war criminals," it would be worthwhile to examine how these proceedings have performed in the past.
Commission on Capital Punishment April 2002Human and Civil Rights, May 2002Now in private practice with a focus on mediation and arbitration, Judge McGarr served as a federal prosecutor and as the First Assistant Illinois Attorney General before spending 18 distinguished years on -the federal bench. He served as Chief Judge of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois between 1981 and 1986.
In this issueHuman and Civil Rights, May 2002As most of our readers know, on April 15, 2002, the long-awaited report of the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment was released.
In this issueHuman and Civil Rights, April 2002Although we are not quite yet "back on track" in meeting our newsletter obligations, we have this second issue and with the assistance of the section council members, anticipate meeting our four issue annual obligation.
New business for the Illinois Open Meetings ActBy Mark E. WojcikHuman and Civil Rights, April 2002The purpose of the Illinois Open Meetings Act is to give citizens advance notice of all meetings at which any business of a public body is discussed or acted upon in any way.
When are an employer’s “legitimate expectations” pretextual?By Mark E. WojcikHuman and Civil Rights, April 2002To establish a prima facie case of employment discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employee must prove four things:
Where have all the liberals gone? Have they been tribed?By Thomas W. SimonHuman and Civil Rights, April 2002Politics and debate go together. Yet, despite the many political decisions made and actions taken in response to the events of September 11th, they have generated relatively little debate.
Adjudicating the government use of racial slurs—the “Redskins” debateBy Matthew W. BeaudetHuman and Civil Rights, January 2002The "Redskins" debate being waged both Nationally and here in the State of Illinois has been mistakenly viewed as part and parcel of the general debate involving the use of Native American-based names, symbols and mascots.
Illinois Native American Bar challenges racial school sports name of “redskins”By Richard L. HutchisonHuman and Civil Rights, January 2002In the litigation Mathew Beaudet refers to in the last paragraph of his article, the Illinois Native American Bar Association filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Huntley Illinois High and Middle School.
In this issueHuman and Civil Rights, January 2002We begin with an apology to all for this belated first issue. We are working to get back on track in order to meet our annual newsletter obligations and your patience is appreciated.