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Last night a criminal justice reform bill (HB163) was amended onto HB163. The bill is more than 600 pages long, is effective immediately upon the Governor's signature and includes, among other things, language that does the following - •Eliminates Qualified Immunity for police officers, making them personally liable in civil suits.•Eliminates Officer’s rights to Collectively Bargain, creating a “special class” of public employee rights in Illinois that can only negotiate over wages and benefits!• No contractual language regarding discipline and discharge procedures for police officers.• Allows officers to be disciplined based on anonymous and unsubstantiated or unverifiable complaints.•Mandates that unverified complaints be kept with no time limit no removal and no limits on .•Substantially increases both initial and ongoing training requirements but does not provide any funding for increased costs and no assurances that the courses will even be offered.•Mandates the use of body cameras by all departments for every officer but does not include money to pay for cameras.•Withholds money from any city that does not comply with the requirements of the legislation.•Eliminates funding for law enforcement agencies•Eliminates Cash Bail while enacting multiple benefits for people convicted of committing crimes.•Limits use of force, redefines excessive use of force and subjects officers to criminal liability for using of force or for failing to intervene in another officer's use of force.•Removes prohibitions against obstructing police officers•Subjects officers to possible criminal charges of Official Misconduct, a class 3 felony, for trivial and incidental issues.This is not police "reform" or "modernization." This is an attack on unions, collective bargaining, and on public safety. Should this bill become law - a non-union groundskeeper would have more legal rights and protections than a police officer!Please take this information very seriously. House speaker Madigan has already committed publicly to supporting the sponsors' legislative agenda. Contact your Senator and Representative and ask your family and friends to do the same and ask Included are some simple instructions to help you, your friends, your coworkers and your family members in helping to save Illinois from this destructive agenda. This is how - 1. Find your local elected officials by going to the Illinois State Board of Elections. You can get there with this link: www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/DistrictLocator/AddressFinder.aspx?T=637455339908532712If you live somewhere other than you work, please consider contacting the elected officials for both locations. You can use your work address on the State Board of Election’s website just like a home address. You can always say “I work in Springfield...” or “I live in Decatur...”2. Go to www.ILGA.gov to find the contact information for your legislators. Click the “Members” text under the House or the Senate columns to pull up the list and then just click on your legislator’s name. It will list the various contact details for your legislator and you can pick how you want to contact them. You can email them, or call their district office or their Springfield office. If you decide to call, you may have to leave a message on a machine or with staff. Do not worry, and it is not important that the legislator call you back. Just be sure to leave in your message that you need them to vote no on HB 163 or any similar legislation that diminishes your rights and the public's safety. 3. Some advice on being the most effective advocate you can be includes:a. Be respectful of their time, long calls and long messages are not necessary. Remember, these individuals work for you, so the most important thing is to let them know how they can do the best job for you.b. Be professional. Do not assume they are against you or supportive of the bill. Let them know what you think and what you want, but do not blame them or accuse them.c. If they disagree with you there is probably nothing you can do to change their mind. That is ok, but please remember how they handled your concerns when the next election comes around.d. If they do not respond to you, do not feel ignored. They are getting hundreds of calls and emails. They will read every email and listen to every message. e. Feel free to include personal or local information. We all care about our community the most, and that is true of legislators. Feel free to share how this would hurt you, your family and your community. Be a neighbor first, a law enforcement officer second and a willing partner third. ...
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From: Clint Krislov <clint@krislovlaw.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:00 AMParticipants,Contrary to some misconceptions, the Appellate Court decision reopened our case against the Funds to provide coverage.The appellate court reversed and reopened the issue of the Funds’ obligation to contract or provide coverage for all of the annuitants, and sent it back to Judge Cohen to decide what the statutes’ language actually obligates them to do.We’re moving forward and have filed the attached motion for class certification to require notice be given to all annuitants of these proceedings.On September 18th we’re filing our motion for summary judgment, that:the Funds are obligated under the statutes to contract for coverage for their annuitants,the Funds acknowledged that obligation in their Korshak filings,and (as they asserted)that the Funds fulfilled that by contracting the City to act as the insurer under the plans that were promised you, and for life, because your City employment (if you began before 4/1/1986) didn’t qualify you for the Medicare program.It will be difficult for them to deny any of these assertions, since it’s based on their own filings.We’ll keep you posted and post the summary judgment motion as well when it’s filed.Happy to answer any questions.We’re working very hard on this, to bring this to an ultimate (and hopefully favorable) decision before year end.Contributions to the war chest would be appreciated.Clint KrislovKrislov & Associates, Ltd.Civic Opera Building20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1006---NOTE NEW SUITE NUMBER 1006Chicago, IL 60606Telephone: 312-606-0500Cell: 312-415-2200Facsimile: 312-739-1098Email: clint@krislovlaw.comWebsite: www.krislovlaw.com...
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FYIParticipants, Hope you are all well. The Appellate Court denied our Petition for Rehearing therefore, the matter is remanded (sent) back to the Circuit Court with instructions from the Appellate Court to make a decision on whether the Funds have an obligation to provide a plan. Hopefully, Judge Cohen will stick to his past rulings that the Funds have the primary obligation to provide their annuitants with healthcare coverage. Judge Cohen previously, and repeatedly, ruled that the Funds have the primary statutory obligation to provide coverage for their annuitants. We’ll seek to hold him to that, along with the Funds’ assertions at the beginning, that they do have that obligation, and fulfilled it by contracting the City as the insurer. We’ll keep you posted. I expect we’ll have a status hearing (hopefully in August) to get things moving. Our work begins anew. Contributions to the war chest are needed and can be made electronically:secure.lawpay.com/pages/krislov-and-associates-ltd/operatingClint Krislov Krislov & Associates, Ltd. Civic Opera Building 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1006---NOTE NEW SUITE NUMBER 1006 Chicago, IL 60606 Telephone: 312-606-0500 Cell: 312-415-2200 Facsimile: 312-739-1098 Email: clint@krislovlaw.com Website: www.krislovlaw.com...
Krislov Law is a Chicago based law firm which advocates tirelessly for their clients in high stakes litigation on behalf of investors, consumers and taxpayers,and is dedicated to protecting consumer, investor and taxpayer rights in class action matters.
On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, Michalene McElligott <michalene@krislovlaw.com> wrote:From: Clint Krislov <clint@krislovlaw.com>Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 4:26 PMParticipants,Happy Fourth of July this weekend.We hope you are all well, under the current circumstances. Please let us know your situations, since you all are in the vulnerable demographic.Attached is yesterday's Appellate Court opinion. The most relevant parts to read are probably paragraphs 50-53, in which they declare that the issue of the Funds' obligation to provide coverage has not been decided, was not decided in the 2017 Appellate decision, but, rather than decide it here, they remand it back for the circuit court to decide that issue.So we're actually back to jump-ball on that issue, and we'll probably ask Judge Cohen to recuse and give it to someone else to decide.On that, it's no secret that the Funds themselves, in the Korshak litigation, took the position that they were obligated to provide that coverage, and had contracted the City as the insurer. So we’ll pursue that claim, both against the Funds, and through their contract, against the City as well.While we ‘d hoped the court would actually address and decide the obligation issue, as well as the circuit court’s exclusion of the Korshak and windows retirees from the subsidies, along with our request to reassign the case on remand (all of which would bring this to a sooner resolution), all of these issues will be addressed eventually.The decision also expands the protected class to include all persons hired by June 30, 2003, rather than April 4, 2003, adding about three months of annuitants.We will also demand that the class be certified now, and notice go out to everyone, so people know that their rights are being decided in the case.Bottom Line: We’re alive and pursuing your claims against your Funds’ trustees to fulfill their obligation to provide healthcare coverage to all annuitants, and their engaging the City as the insurer.Finally, this would be a nice time for contributions to replenish the warchest.Regards,Clint KrislovKrislov & Associates, Ltd.Civic Opera Building20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1006==Note New Suite AddressChicago, IL 60606Telephone: 312-606-0500Facsimile: 312-739-1098Email: clint@krislovlaw.comWebsite: www.krislovlaw.com...
Krislov Law is a Chicago based law firm which advocates tirelessly for their clients in high stakes litigation on behalf of investors, consumers and taxpayers,and is dedicated to protecting consumer, investor and taxpayer rights in class action matters.
Big news from Krislov and Associates:Participants,WE WON A REVERSAL!!! We're in the process of moving our offices to suite 1006, and we'll forward a copy of the opinion tomorrow, but the Appellate Court reversed Judge Cohen’s holding that the Funds' obligations are limited to the statutory subsidy, and the covered group extends to everyone hired by June 30, 2003, remanding the case to actually decide the Funds’ obligation to contract or provide coverage for retirees.As you’ll recall, the Funds previously acknowledged their obligation, and asserted that they’d contracted the City as the insurer. And, Judge Cohen himself previously ruled that they had the obligation, and ordered them to start fulfilling that obligation.We’re not done, not by a long shot, but we’re back in the fight for you! ...
FYI:From: Clint Krislov <clint@krislovlaw.com>Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 3:31 PMParticipants,Yesterday’s hearing went fairly well. Remarkably, the Funds could not agree on whether or what their obligations are to all of their annuitants.The City seems to acknowledge that Judge Cohen’s limit on the annuitants entitled to the subsidies was too restrictive.For those of you who couldn’t Zoom into the hearing, you can click and view the whole thing on the court’s website:multimedia.illinois.gov/court/AppellateCourt/Audio/2020/1st/061120_1-18-2180.mp3As always, we’re happy to answer any questions. Let us know what you think! We’ll keep you posted. Also, we’re still getting calls from annuitants about the 2017-8 and 2019 subsidies, so we’d like to hear from you about how the Funds are processing them for you.In the meantime, now would be an excellent time for another contribution to the warchest.Regards,Clint KrislovKrislov & Associates, Ltd.Civic Opera Building20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1300Chicago, IL 60606Telephone: 312-606-0500Facsimile: 312-739-1098Email: clint@krislovlaw.comWebsite: www.krislovlaw.com...
Krislov Law is a Chicago based law firm which advocates tirelessly for their clients in high stakes litigation on behalf of investors, consumers and taxpayers,and is dedicated to protecting consumer, investor and taxpayer rights in class action matters.
From: Clint Krislov <clint@krislovlaw.com>Sent: Monday, April 11, 2010Subject: Appellate Court - 1st District Case No. 1-18-2180: Oral Argument via Zoom June 11, 2020Dear Participants,The appellate court has set oral argument again, now for June 11, 2020 at 1:00 pm by Zoom videoconferencing. I will see if retirees will be able to click on and watch!Clint KrislovKrislov & Associates, Ltd.Civic Opera Building, Suite 130020 North Wacker DriveChicago, Illinois 60606Telephone: 312-606-0500Facsimile: 312-739-1098Website: www.krislovlaw.comEmail: clint@krislovlaw.com ...
Krislov Law is a Chicago based law firm which advocates tirelessly for their clients in high stakes litigation on behalf of investors, consumers and taxpayers,and is dedicated to protecting consumer, investor and taxpayer rights in class action matters.
On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, Michalene McElligott <michalene@krislovlaw.com> wrote:My State Senator Laura Fine has proposed legislation SB2747, which would enable a court to award attorneys fees in pension cases.I’ve copied the bill below,But there’s no assurance that this will pass.So, if you want us to be able to continue this battle, please contact your state senator and representatives.Some of you have experience in getting these things through, and I would appreciate your efforts and ideas.Clint KrislovKrislov & Associates, Ltd.Civic Opera Building20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1300Chicago, IL 60606Telephone: 312-606-0500Facsimile: 312-739-1098Email: clint@krislovlaw.comWebsite: www.krislovlaw.com...
Krislov Law is a Chicago based law firm which advocates tirelessly for their clients in high stakes litigation on behalf of investors, consumers and taxpayers,and is dedicated to protecting consumer, investor and taxpayer rights in class action matters.
FYIFrom: Clint Krislov <clint@krislovlaw.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020Subject: Retiree UpdateParticipants,Next Major Hearing: Illinois Appellate Court, February 27, 2020: The SIXTH DIVISION shall hear oral argument in the following appeal(s) at 160 N. La Salle Street, 14th Floor, Courtroom I, on THURSDAY, February 27th, 2020 1:00pm 18-2180 & 19-0358 (cons.) Michael Underwood, et al. v. City of Chicago, et al.Retiree Healthcare audit for 2014-2016. We were before Judge Cohen Monday morning for the City to commit to a date for its audit of the 2014-2016 reconciliation of the Korshak retiree healthcare costs. Judge Cohen accepted the City’s April 15, 2020 commitment, and will begin fining the City $500 per day (we’d asked for $1,000; but whatever) if not completed by then.The 2020 Rates are much greater than actual healthcare costs. The remarkable thing about this is that the City’s reconciliation shows that the actual cost of providing healthcare is much much lower than is being charged on the City’s “non sponsored” plan. Here’s what I wrote the City and Funds back in November 2019:I received no response from the City or any Fund.The Judicial Race: Our petitions were challenged in a grueling process from December 21 through 28, 9a.m. to 5 or 7p.m. each day, excepting only Christmas day. We had some help in this from Dan Sheehan, Percy Allen, and Mark Mizula, in the signature battle. At the moment, it looks like we’re 108 signatures short of the 5,050 we need. And, the FOP, who asked us to get back into the case in 2013, refused to give us a slot at the endorsement session, and has endorsed another candidate.A handful of retirees have helped a great deal. I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate the support and encouragement we’ve gotten from:Donald AndersonCurtis and Karen BlancJohn Clisham, Sr.Peter J. DeFranciscoMichael and Diana DoyleTerrence FaheyBarbara FrostCasimer GolosinskiCurtis GrayTony GvozdenovichMarjorie HickeyGeorge “Steve” KernWilliam and Margaret KimballMichael KneeboneJames and Mary Ann KotowiczMatthew and Marilou MarichJohn MatulaRobert and Linda NelsonPatrick and Patricia PembertonCynthia PilipufWilliam and Audrey Rooney, Sr.James and Catherine SandowPatrick and Kathy ScanlanMarshall SchultzJerome SelkeJohn and Rita SoleckiMr. and Mrs. Robert SoprychMerrie StarMichael UnderwoodJames and Laura Webb And, of course:Dave Lapaglia, Percy Allen, Jr., Chuck Lomanto (dec.) and Frank Zurawski (dec.). A handful of retirees sent over a portion of the back subsidies recently received. For those who chose to just free-ride on whatever happens, don’t complain. We will shortly be at the end of our resources to carry the case further. We’ll try to get through to the February 27 appellate hearings, but that may well be the end for us. Contributions to the war chest are needed and appreciated. ClintClint KrislovKrislov & Associates, Ltd.Civic Opera Building20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1300Chicago, IL 60606Telephone: 312-606-0500Facsimile: 312-739-1098Email: clint@krislovlaw.comWebsite: www.krislovlaw.com...
Krislov Law is a Chicago based law firm which advocates tirelessly for their clients in high stakes litigation on behalf of investors, consumers and taxpayers,and is dedicated to protecting consumer, investor and taxpayer rights in class action matters.
On Tuesday, December 10, 2019, Michalene McElligott <michalene@krislovlaw.com> wrote:Participants,We are still waiting for action from the appellate court on our appeal to require your Funds to provide coverage. That’s fully briefed.On our fee protection issue, the appellate court ruled that they did not have jurisdiction. We’ve requested rehearing, but we’ll see. The City, Funds and Circuit Court all seem determined to win this by a battle of attrition. Our resources are nearly at the end. Some of you have kindly contributed from your backpaid subsidies we’ve obtained for you. And we especially appreciate that, because (due to the judge’s rulings) the money is being paid out without protecting our fee claim, which may just become moot when all the money has been paid out. If we don’t hear something soon, we’ll try again with the Illinois Supreme Court.For those of you who helped us get signatures to get on the ballot for the Illinois Supreme Court primary (Dan Sheehan and Tony Gvozdonovich; you guys are the best!), I am grateful. I like to think that the support from all of you reflects well on what I’ve actually done. Ours is a campaign based on judging people for what they’ve actually done to improve our system of justice. We’ve been challenged, but we’ll fight our best to stay on the ballot. We’ll keep you posted.Feel free to email with any questions.Regards,ClintClint KrislovKrislov & Associates, Ltd.Civic Opera Building20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1300Chicago, IL 60606Telephone: 312-606-0500Facsimile: 312-739-1098Email: clint@krislovlaw.comWebsite: www.krislovlaw.com...
Krislov Law is a Chicago based law firm which advocates tirelessly for their clients in high stakes litigation on behalf of investors, consumers and taxpayers,and is dedicated to protecting consumer, investor and taxpayer rights in class action matters.
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LEGISLATIVE ALERT - PENSION CONSOLIDATION - LEGISLATIVE ALERTAs many of you have heard, the Governor is proposing the mandatory consolidation of all downstate and suburban police pension funds into one plan which will initially be controlled by the State. The local pension fund boards who currently serve officers would continue to exist for now, but they would no longer have any authority to invest money for local police officers. Instead, all of the money would be held and invested by one statewide fund.The consolidated fund would initially be controlled by individuals exclusively appointed by the Governor. After 3 years, the fund would be managed by a board including mostly mayors, with some elected active employees and an elected annuitant trustee. The proposed board would have the lowest participant control/participation of any pension fund in the State. This represents a loss of police officers’ control over their own money.Not surprisingly, the labor unions representing law enforcement have been working hard against this proposal. The Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective Association, Fraternal Order of Police and the Metropolitan Association of Police have been working together, hand in hand, to defeat this legislation.Our biggest obstacle is the Governor’s simplistic catch phrases sound great. Phrases like “eliminate unnecessary government,” “reduce operational costs,” and “reduce property taxes” all sound great, but they are not based on any reliable analysis or any verified numbers. This proposal will require municipalities to spend a massive amount of money up front in the hopes they will recover their cash outlay over a period of at least a decade. Over the long term, it might reduce some costs and it could potentially allow some funds to achieve higher returns, but it will take years. This complex issue requires diligent study from actuaries, investment professionals, and other industry experts. It requires inclusion of, and buy-in from, all stakeholder groups. More than anything, this proposal needs time to be fully vetted and fairly analyzed. It needs to be publicly debated based upon reliable information. It can not be like so many of Illinois’ recent pension ideas like Tier II, Tier III and SB1 which all failed because they were pushed through quickly without proper discussion with professionals and affected parties, resulting in numerous unintended consequences. Consolidating $8 billion requires thoughtful, transparent due diligence. Certainly, the upcoming veto session does not provide an adequate amount of time to vet the Governor’s consolidation gambit.We do appreciate the Governor’s inclusion of some much needed benefit fixes for downstate and suburban police officers who are under Tier II. The Governor has proposed some fixes, but realistically, the fixes he has proposed are not enough to hand over control of $8 billion to the State of Illinois, especially considering the state’s abysmal track record in managing its own pension funds. We can certainly use the help of all our members in communicating your concerns. We have seen many great letters to the editor reiterating our concerns. We also encourage our law enforcement community both active and retired to contact their State Senators and Representatives and let them know this proposal is bad for police officers, bad for communities, and bad for taxpayers.IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO YOUR STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE ARE FOLLOW THIS LINK TYPE IN AND CONFIRM YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU CAN SEE WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE TO CALL THEM!www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/DistrictLocator/AddressFinder.aspx...
FYIParticipants,So we were before Judge Cohen this morning on a number of issues.He’d read that we have asked the appellate court to remove him and reassign the case, and vacate all of his past rulings.And declared that he could not rule on anything while this was pending, and essentially froze the case in all respects.The good news I suppose is that it gives us a basis to ask the appellate court for an emergency hearing on the open issues.We’ll see.Clint KrislovKrislov & Associates, Ltd.Civic Opera Building20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1300Chicago, IL 60606Telephone: 312-606-0500Facsimile: 312-739-1098Email: clint@krislovlaw.comWebsite: www.krislovlaw.com...
Krislov Law is a Chicago based law firm which advocates tirelessly for their clients in high stakes litigation on behalf of investors, consumers and taxpayers,and is dedicated to protecting consumer, investor and taxpayer rights in class action matters.
Please contact your legislators and let them know we are opposed to this consolidation effort. It is a plan conceived in back rooms, by big money hedge fund managers, with no public input, no press, and no transparency. AND ABSOLUTELY NO REPRESENTATION OF POLICE AND FIRE PENSION BENEFICIARIES!What promises were made and to who?If this is a legitimate idea put out the details. Have PUBLIC meetings across the state. Give each pension plan participant the ability to vote on whether or not THEIR money should be combined! ...
The associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago contends that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's consolidation idea has 'merit,' but the report his task force issued
October 18, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELatest Department of Insurance Figures Show Downstate Pension Systems are Lowest in Administrative Costs SPRINGFIELD – The latest figures released by the Illinois Department of Insurance show that the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) and downstate police and fire pension systems have the lowest administrative costs of any pension systems in the state. This new data is key information that should be carefully considered during any discussion of pension fund consolidation, according to the Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective Association (IPBPA).“Much of the current talk focuses on the alleged administrative cost savings by pension consolidation, yet this latest information shows the IMRF, police and fire pension funds already have lower administrative costs than anybody else,” said PBPA Executive Director Sean Smoot. “In fact, those local system costs are far lower than those for the State of Illinois' pension systems. Those who favor the consolidation of police and fire pension funds will need to explain how moving millions from a lower-cost system to a higher-cost system will save the taxpayers money.” The Bi-Annual Department of Insurance Public Pension Division's October 2019 report shows that 6.2 percent of the total funds administered by the IMRF go toward administrative costs. The figure for downstate police pension systems is 7.97 percent, and for fire pension systems it is 8.37 percent. The administrative cost for the State of Illinois' employee pension system is 14.36 percent.“We want to stress that this data comes directly from the State of Illinois, not from any group pushing for or against consolidation,” Smoot said. The PBPA suggests that, rather than consolidating the local systems, the Illinois General Assembly should allow the smaller systems to invest their funds at a much higher rate of return like the IMRF is allowed to do. Without the investment restrictions, which are placed only on small police and fire pension funds, and with no consolidation, the local pension funds could generate their own higher returns, meaning no extra cost to the taxpayers to keep the funds healthy. ...
Sean Smoot, director and chief counsel of the Police Benevolent and Protective Association of Illinois, said his group is “philosophically opposed to consolidation,” a position he said he expressed to Pritzker when he sought an endorsement during last year’s race for governor.Smoot objected to his union and the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association, of which he is deputy counsel, being excluded from the governor’s task force.A major concern for opponents now is that lawmakers will heed Pritzker’s call for quick action this fall. “That would be a complete recipe for disaster,” said Smoot, who had not seen the specifics of the governor’s plan. ...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday unveiled a plan to merge roughly 650 local pension funds for suburban and downstate police officers and firefighters into two statewide funds, a proposal aimed at narrowing a widening funding gap and easing the property tax burden on homeowners.
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