N EW POSTING In July, 2011, "The Demise of the General Willful and Wanton Exception to the Tort Immunity Act" by Mike Bersani was published in the Illinois Bar Journal.
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Mike Bersani made a presentation for the Law Enforcement Training Seminar, sponsored by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, on the topic of “Police Civil Rights Liability.”
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Mike Condon and Mike Bersani presented a seminar for the Illinois Sheriffs Association, Chief Deputy/Jail Administrator’s Conference, on “Jail Suicide Liability: Trends, Standards, and Case Law”.
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Mike Bersani made a presentation at the 18th Annual Conference of the Illinois Institute of Local Government Law. The topic presented was "Section 1983 Civil Rights Update."
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Mike Condon and Mike Bersani were featured speakers at the Illinois Sheriff's Association, 2010 New Sheriff's Management Institute, held in Springfield, Illinois. The topics presented centered on federal civil rights liability and jail litigation, including the anatomy of a civil rights case, the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act, and Section 1983 standards and case law.
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Chuck Hervas and Mike Bersani prepared and filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police in Gaffney v. Bd. of Trustees of Orland Fire Protection District, currently pending in the Illinois Supreme Court. Gaffney concerns whether the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act applies to injuries which occur in training exercises that simulate real life emergencies.
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Michael D. Bersani and Michael W. Condon, Trends and Case Law on the Use of Tasers, Illinois Sheriff’s Association, Chief Deputy/Jail Administrators Conference, April 20, 2010, Peoria, IL.
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Michael D. Bersani, Civil Rights Update, Illinois Institute for Local Government Law,
17th Annual Conference, NIU Naperville Campus, February 12, 2009
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Charles E. Hervas, Midwest Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar
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Michael D. Bersani,“Less Than Lethal” Force: Trends and Case Law on the Use of Tasers
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Supreme Court Decisions
Michael D. Bersani, Supreme Court Broadens Law Enforcement Iinvestigatory Powers, 2009.
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Jail Litigation
Michael D. Bersani and Michael Condon, Strip Searches of Pretrial Detainees: The Judiciary’s “Hands On” Approach to Jail Administration, A presentation to the 2009 Illinois Sheriffs’ Winter Conference.
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Municipal Law
Charles E. Hervas, Public Health and Safety, Illinois Jurisprudence - Municipal Law
(Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1994).
Charles E. Hervas, Public Officials at Risk, A Guide to Limiting Liability of Units of Local Government,
published by Prima.
Michael D. Bersani, Enactment of Ordinances, Ill. Jur., Municipal Law Vol. 21, Ch.12
(Law. Cooperative Pub. 1994).
Punitive Damages
Charles E. Hervas and James G. Sotos, Indemnification and Insurability of
Civil Rights Punitive Damage Awards, 77 Ill. B.J. 592 (June 1989).
School Law
Charles E. Hervas, School District Tort Liability, IICLE, (1987) (Co-Author).
Civil Rights
Michael D. Bersani and James G. Sotos, Employers, Take Heed: An Introduction to the Civil Rights
Act of 1991, Part I, DuPage Co. Bar Assn Brief (Feb. 1993).
Michael D. Bersani and James G. Sotos, Employers, Take Heed: An Introduction to the Civil Rights
Act of 1991, Part II, DuPage Co. Bar Assn Brief (Nov. 1993).
Michael D. Bersani, Floodgates Open to Equal Protection Claims, Illinois State Bar Association
Local Government Section Newsletter, March 1999 Vol. 35, No. 8.
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Michael D. Bersani and Kimberly D. Fahrbach, Pre-Suit Tips for Winning Deadly Force Cases-
Municipal Lawyer (July/August 2002).
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Tort Immunity
Michael D. Bersani, Liabilities and immunities: An outline of the Illinois Local Governmental and
Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, Illinois State Bar Association Local Government
Section Newsletter, March 2000 Vol. 36, No. 9. View this publication.
Michael D. Bersani and Christopher J. Beck, Building Code Enforcement and Inspections:
A Look at Municipal Liabilities, Immunities, and the E2 Nightclub Case - Municipal Lawyer (July/August 2003).
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Open Meetings
Michael D. Bersani, Recent Amendments to Open Meetings Act, DuPage Co. Bar Assn Brief (Jan. 1995).
First Amendment
Michael D. Bersani and Sara M. Cliffe, The Do’s and Dont’s of Regulating Commercial Door to Door
Speech Under the First Amendment - Municipal Lawyer (September/October 2005).
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