Tue Jan 23, 2024 ‐ Municipal Law News
Six-Minute Traffic Stop Not Unreasonably Prolonged by Call for a K-9 Unit
People v. Vences, 2023 IL App (4th) 220035 Traffic stop was not unreasonably prolonged when officer called for a canine unit and defendant fled on foot before officer finished writing a written warning that was the basis of the stop. […]Mon Jan 22, 2024 ‐ Labor & Employment Law News
U.S. Department of Labor Final Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (89 FR 1638) and Reporting Newly Hired Employees (Public Act 103-0343)
Introduction On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“Department”) published a final rule, effective March 11, 2024, revising the Department’s guidance on whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). […]Tue Jan 16, 2024 ‐ Municipal Law News
Paws Where I Can See Them: Canine Unit’s Physical Touching of Defendant’s Car Not an Unreasonable Search
People v. Kendricks, 2023 IL App (4th) 230179 Officer’s conduct justified by a good-faith belief that an exterior dog sniff in a public place is not a search or seizure; case law from foreign jurisdictions support Officer’s belief that the […]Mon Jan 15, 2024 ‐ Municipal Law News
Malicious Prosecution at the Federal Level
The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to the Sixth Circuit case of Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, Ohio on December 13, 2023. The case concerns the issue of how federal malicious prosecution claims are to be governed and defended […]