by Camille Respess | Apr 9, 2018 | Employment Law
Around the country, the #MeToo movement and the Time’s Up initiative, are taking hold. Both strive to combat sexual violence and gender inequality. With that, more victims of sexual harassment and violence are coming forward to tell their stories and seek justice....
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Mar 10, 2018 | Civil Rights, Disability Law, Local News
On March 1, 2018, Judge Joel M. Flaum delivered a favorable opinion on the oral argument delivered by Thomas Kennedy at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on February 8th, 2018. Oral argument was held on appeal of the preliminary injunction granted by Judge Richard...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jan 7, 2018 | Civil Rights, Disability Law, Local News
On November 28, 2017, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City of Springfield on behalf of the United States of America, which can be read here. This sister lawsuit mirrors our office’s filing in December of 2016 against Springfield, IL, which can be...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Dec 20, 2017 | Civil Rights, Disability Law, Local News
On August 2, 2017, the Kennedy Hunt, P.C., III obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court in the Central District of Illinois prohibiting the eviction of our clients during the pendency of the underlying Fair Housing Act lawsuit against the City of...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jul 13, 2017 | Civil Rights
The Law Office of Thomas E. Kennedy, III, LC recently settled a matter involving a complaint that raised a number of issues under the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Our client RAVE is an...
