Public Education & Services

The National Law Review covers developments, legal actions, and news stories related to the public education and services sector.  Under this coverage, legal experts analyze developments with the Department of Education (DOE) compliance actions, stories about how the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) affects public institutions and its students/employers, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), are a taste of the legal analysis related to Public Services available from the National Law Review.

Government funding for new public education services, school meal programs, public housing issues, special education programs in public schools, and ransomware and privacy in higher-education institutions, are among the stories covered by the National Law Review. Visitors will read updated legislation that has passed prohibiting discrimination in the classroom, or new policies related to student-athletes in the country’s top institutions. Campus sexual assault, the #MeToo Movement in the workplace and public education sector, employee relations, and other new stories are reported daily by the National Law Review.  Additionally, litigation and decisions from major circuit courts and the US Supreme Court about public sector employment and other issues related to major government institutions are carefully analyzed by the National Law Review. 

The National Law Review also covers hot topics like civil rights, and how they intersect with the public-education sector in the United States. Our legal experts also cover issues related to the evolution of Title IX, and how enforcement is carried out by the relevant agencies.  Additionally, NLR has articles on how public services and public education work together, topics like transgender discrimination, gender-based harassment claims, and discrimination lawsuits, are leading stories which visitors will find on the website. Details about violence and mass shootings in the realm of public education and institutions, student rights, teacher/employer rights, and other topics related to the public institutions and services sector, can all be found on the National Law Review’s website.

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Mar
20
2019
 Recent U.S. Department of Justice Indictments Highlight Need for Greater Internal Controls over Athletic Admissions Faegre Drinker
Mar
19
2019
 Cybersecurity Obligations and Best Practices for Independent Schools Carlton Fields
Mar
19
2019
 Admissions Scandals Require Action to Protect Integrity Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
11
2019
 Still No Right to Jury Trial -- MIT 401(K) Plan Participants Not Entitled to Jury Trial of ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
11
2019
 “Alternative Facts” in the Classroom: Creationist Educational Policy and the Trump Administration New England Law
Mar
4
2019
 New bills introduced to prohibit use of mandatory arbitration provisions Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
4
2019
 House Appropriations Subcommittee to Hold March 6 Hearing on Student Loan Servicing Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
4
2019
 California Bill Would Allow College Athletes to Keep Amateur Status While Securing Marketing Opportunities Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
1
2019
 West Virginia Legislative Brief: Commentary from Gil White 3/1/19 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Feb
28
2019
 Fifth Circuit Schools Plaintiff on Likelihood of Confusion McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
27
2019
 U.S. Department of Education Issues Updated Student Privacy Guidance Following Federal Commission on School Safety Report Faegre Drinker
Feb
22
2019
 University Of Manchester Is Awarded £10 Million For A Biomanufacturing Research Hub Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Feb
15
2019
 West Virginia Legislative Brief: Commentary from Gil White 2/15/19 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Feb
14
2019
 Third Circuit Compels Arbitration Finding that Failure to Carefully Read Arbitration Agreement Does Not Vitiate Assent Carlton Fields
Feb
8
2019
 Weighing First Amendment Rights as Private Citizens and Public Employees Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
8
2019
 Beltway Buzz, February 8, 2019 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
7
2019
 Are Charter Schools Covered by the National Labor Relations Act? NLRB to Reconsider Its Jurisdiction over Charter Schools Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
5
2019
 IRS Notice Offers Good News for State Colleges and Universities (at Least for Now) Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
5
2019
 State Legislators React to Proposed Federal Title IX Regulations with State Law Proposals Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
5
2019
 Does The National Labor Relations Act Apply To Teachers At Charter Schools? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
31
2019
 Sammamish, Washington Declares Emergency After Ransomware Attack Robinson & Cole LLP
Jan
23
2019
 Ninth Circuit Asks California Supreme Court to Decide Question That Could Greatly Expand California’s Prevailing Wage Laws Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
23
2019
 Fed launches new article series; first issue focuses on student loans Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
23
2019
 NY Governor Cuomo again advances licensing requirements for student loan servicers Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
14
2019
 It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Construction Contract Season. Is your District Positioned for Success When Ground is Broken? von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jan
10
2019
 New Legislation Proposed In The State of Washington Pushes For Student-Athlete Compensation In Defiance of NCAA Bylaws Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
8
2019
 Student loan servicing developments in California, Illinois, and Washington; legislation introduced in Virginia and New Mexico Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
5
2019
 Las asociaciones público-privadas (P3) para el sector de la educación superior siguen ganando impulso Bilzin Sumberg
Jan
3
2019
 San Diego School System Hit Hack Exposes Data of More than 500,000 Students Robinson & Cole LLP
Jan
2
2019
 CFPB Releases Seventh Annual Report to Congress on College Credit Card Agreements Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
2
2019
 Fourth Circuit Expands Title IX Liability for Harassment Through Anonymous Online Posts Robinson & Cole LLP
Jan
2
2019
 Procedural Guidance for Nonrenewal of Teacher & Administrator Contracts von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jan
2
2019
 Is Your Sufficiency Challenge Sufficiently Preserved for Appeal? Carlton Fields
Dec
29
2018
 Higher-Education P3s Continue to Gain Momentum Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
26
2018
 Department of Education to Issue Guidance on Arbitration Ban Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
17
2018
 Education Dept. To Discharge Federal Student Loans Under Borrower Defense Rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
17
2018
 FTC and Veterans Affairs Announce MOA On Referrals For Deceptive Advertising, Sales Or Enrollment Practices Targeting Veterans Using Military Education Benefits Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
13
2018
 CFPB Critics Seek Issuance Of 2018 Student Loan Ombudsman Annual Report Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
11
2018
 Mixed Reactions to Final Rule on School Meal Flexibilities Keller and Heckman LLP
Nov
28
2018
 Department of Education Proposes New Title IX Regulations Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
26
2018
 What Is Important To Know About the Proposed Title IX Regulations Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov
20
2018
 New Proposed Title IX Regulations Raise Unique Institutional Concerns For Rights Of Accused Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
19
2018
 F-1 Student Visa, Optional Practical Training Risks Continue Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
17
2018
 Department of Education Unveils Proposed Title IX Regulations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
16
2018
 Department of Education Proposes Significant Changes to Title IX Regulations Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
5
2018
 Three Administrative Process Pointers from Department of Education Decision ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
2
2018
 Colleges & Children: What’s a Divorced Parent to Do? Stark & Stark
Nov
2
2018
 Forward Movement in the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s Student Loan Litigation: What This Means for Securitization Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
30
2018
 Third Circuit Makes Clear that District Judges Can Reject Outrageous Fee Petitions Outright K&L Gates
Oct
25
2018
 What Remedy for Transgender Students if HHS Succeeds in Narrowly Redefining Gender Under Title IX? Ballard Spahr LLP
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