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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Jul
12
2016
UK Insolvency: “3 Rs” of Education - Reading, Writing and… Restructuring? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
11
2016
House Moves Forward Perkins CTE Reauthorization and Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill; WIOA Final Rules Released Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
8
2016
Fear No FAFSA: H.R. 5528 -Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act Mintz
Jun
29
2016
Education Service Personnel on Preferred Recall: Priority in Substitute Assignments? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
28
2016
Supreme Court Upholds Race as an Acceptable Factor in Admissions Decisions Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
27
2016
Colorado Student Data Privacy Bill – What EdTech Software Providers Need to Know Mintz
Jun
24
2016
High Court Finds UT Austin Race-Conscious Admissions Process Constitutional Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
24
2016
When are Universities and Executive Agencies “State Actors” for Antitrust Immunity? Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
24
2016
House Committee Advances Higher Education Bills Mintz
Jun
23
2016
Affirmative Action Policy Upheld By Supreme Court Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
23
2016
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas Mintz
Jun
23
2016
U.S. Supreme Court Again Upholds Race-Conscious Admissions Program Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
21
2016
Sexual Orientation Discrimination: What Educational Institutions Need to Know Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
20
2016
House Tries to Block Overtime Rule; Department of Education Releases Proposed Rule on Student Loan Debt and Dear Colleague on Title IX; GAO Report on Student Loan Servicers Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
17
2016
U.S. Department of Education Issues Proposed Borrower Relief Regulations Faegre Drinker
Jun
13
2016
Senate Moves on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations; House Holds Hearing on Overtime Rule; White House Makes Push for Diversity Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
9
2016
The Letter ... DOE and DOJ Warn School Districts Regarding Transgender Students von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jun
2
2016
Transgender and Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title VII Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
2
2016
Law Firm Targeting Colleges Alleging ADA Noncompliant Websites Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May
30
2016
EPA and NIH Award $25.5 Million to Help Improve Environmental Conditions in Disadvantaged Communities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
28
2016
State Appellate Court Considers if School Board Violated Open Meetings Act Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
May
28
2016
Illinois P.E. Teacher Sued after Student is Injured during Floor Hockey Game Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
May
27
2016
Departments of Education and Justice Release Guidance on Maintaining Nondiscriminatory Educational Communities for Transgender Students Faegre Drinker
May
25
2016
Further Reforms to the UK Law of Compulsory Purchase, what lies behind them? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
20
2016
UCR Provides More Detail On Biomass Based Fuel And Chemical Project That Received 1.3 Million Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
May
20
2016
ESL Teachers At Private Learning Center FLSA “Teachers” Exempt from Overtime Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
19
2016
Where do DOL’s New FLSA White-Collar Overtime Regulations Leave Non-Profits and Educational Institutions? Mintz
May
18
2016
Tax-Exempt Bonds: Is It Possible for a Municipal Corporation Not to be a Political Subdivision? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
17
2016
New Department of Education and DOJ Guidance Issued Regarding Transgender Students Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May
16
2016
Perkins CTE Update Gets Hearing; Federal Student Loan Interest Rates Lowered; Education Secretary Urges Colleges to Remove Barriers for Students with Criminal Background Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
14
2016
U.S. Departments of Justice and Education Issue ‘Significant Guidance’ on Transgender Rights under Title IX Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
11
2016
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Addresses Interplay Between DPPA and Wisconsin Public Records Law von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
May
9
2016
Another Student Burned by E-Cigarette—This Time During School Stark & Stark
May
9
2016
Career and Technology Education Updates; DOL Overtime Rule; Teacher Impact Grants; War on Transgender Students’ Rights Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
4
2016
It is Possible to be Too Well-Endowed? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
28
2016
Judge Admonishes CFPB For Exceeding Authority in Attempt to Obtain Information From Accreditor of For-Profit Colleges Bracewell LLP
Apr
27
2016
Colleges and Universities Should Review Title IX Policies in Wake of DOJ Investigation Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Apr
25
2016
Game-Changer in Debate over Title IX and Gender Identity Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
24
2016
Massachusetts Court Holds Department of Revenue’s Guidance to Be Unreasonable McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
22
2016
DC Court Finds CID Issued Without Statutory Authority “A Bridge Too Far” Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
22
2016
Courts Slowly Clarifying Colleges' Obligations Under Title IX Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Apr
22
2016
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Apr
22
2016
California Teacher Tenure Laws Upheld by Appellate Court Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
21
2016
El condado de Miami-Dade avanza con la reforma de P3 después de que Florida aprueba una nueva legislación sobre P3 Bilzin Sumberg
Apr
13
2016
Liability Waiver Found to Be Violation of Public Policy and Therefore Unenforceable von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Apr
11
2016
Class Action TCPA Case Dismissed Because Calls Were Made Solely To Collect a Debt Owed To Or Guaranteed By The United States Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
8
2016
The Business of Water Service in North Carolina Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
6
2016
Time is Money: Ohio Supreme Court Weighs in on Liquidated Damages for Delayed Roadwork Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
30
2016
Massachusetts Senate Passes 3 Higher Education Bills Mintz
Mar
21
2016
STEM OPT Extension Lengthened to 24 Months Holland & Hart LLP
 

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