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Citing the need to protect "both patient privacy and the security of medical records" the ACLU of Illinois has called on Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to ensure that at least one member of a proposed Illinois Health Information Exchange Authority be an individual with a proven record of advocating
May 2010 - Finding that a series of repeated stops and detentions at the U. S. border were "routine," a federal district court in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Illinois on behalf of ten United States citizens.
CHICAGO - A landmark agreement between the State of Illinois and thousands of persons with mental illnesses will result in significant reforms of Illinois' outmoded, overcrowded and scandalized nursing home system. The agreement, filed in federal district court in Chicago on March 15, 2010 will
CHICAGO - A federal district court in Chicago has found that a new law that nearly triples the registration fee for organizations engaged in advocacy aimed at state legislative, executive and administrative officials is unconstitutional and entered a permanent injunction against
CHICAGO - A federal district court in Chicago late on Friday (February 12th) issued an order barring the State of Illinois from collecting a new fee that nearly triples the registration fee for organizations engaged in advocacy aimed at state legislative, executive and administrative offic
CHICAGO - Challenging the near tripling of a registration fee for non-profit groups engaged in advocacy at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and its chief legislative lobbyist have asked a federal court to block collection of the new, dramat