The national debate on public pension plans shifted to the State of Illinois this month. On the heels of the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision in Moro v. State of Oregon (see K&L Gates Client Alert: Changing the Rules in the...more
On Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that pension reform legislation passed in 2013, commonly referred to as Senate Bill 1, violates the pension protection clause of the Illinois Constitution. The Court upheld a...more
However, the Vested Rights Doctrine Proves Fatal to Core Pension Reform Measures - A tentative decision on the legal challenges to the City of San Jose’s pension reform measure, Measure B, was released late last month....more