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Two Illinois Federal Courts Rule That Illinois Whistleblower Act May Provide For Individual Liability
01 March 2016
Proskauer Rose LLP
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Two courts in the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled
that the Illinois Whistleblower Act (IWA) (740 ILCS § 174/5)
provides for individual liability. Bello v. Village of
Skokie, No. 14-cv-1718 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 2, 2014 and Dec. 31,
2015); Hower v. Cook County Sheriff's Office, No.
15-cv-6404 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 16, 2016).
Two Illinois Federal Courts Rule That Illinois Whistleblower Act
May Provide For Individual Liability
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