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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Jan
6
2015
UPDATE: Michigan Excludes Student-Athletes from Unions Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
5
2015
DOL Implements New Rule: Government Contractors and Subcontractors Prohibited from Discriminating Against LGBT Workers Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
5
2015
Federal Information Technology Reform Act Included in the House-Passed NDAA FY 15 Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
5
2015
GAO Reaffirms Protest Jurisdiction Over “Mixed Transaction” Leases, But Questions Remain Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
4
2015
Proposed Rule Would Publicize Contractor Affiliate Relationships Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
4
2015
FAR Council Proposes New Rules on Inverted Corporations; Congress Voices Support Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
4
2015
Changes to Biofuels Provisions in House-Passed NDAA FY 15 Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
4
2015
D.C. Circuit Upholds Employment Regulations Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
3
2015
FISMA Updated and Modernized - Federal Information Security Management Act Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
29
2014
EPA Takes Action to Protect Consumers from Harmful Chemicals that can Cause Reproductive and Developmental Harm U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dec
24
2014
A Year of Enhanced Student Privacy Laws Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
23
2014
NLRB Announces New Standard for Exercising Jurisdiction Over Religiously Affiliated Colleges and Universities Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
23
2014
New California Privacy Laws Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
23
2014
Dep’t of Education Negotiates Groundbreaking Agreement to Resolve Website Accessibility Investigation at State University Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
19
2014
Globalize Miami Series: PortMiami and its Significance to Miami’s Growth Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
18
2014
Indonesia — Can it Unleash Needed Investment? Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
16
2014
North Carolina Court of Appeals: Statutory "Custodian" of Public Records Is "In Charge of" the Relevant Office Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
15
2014
New Class Action Alleges NCAA and 11 Conferences Formed ‘“Monopsony’” Over College Athletes Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
15
2014
Michigan Bill Would Bar Student-Athlete Unionization Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
12
2014
Cambridge University Press v. Patton: Who Really Won? re: Fair Use Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
Dec
3
2014
Final LGBT Rule Released - Analysis Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
25
2014
President Obama's Executive Actions On Immigration Will Impact Employment-Based Immigration von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Nov
25
2014
President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration: Workforce Implications Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Nov
24
2014
Immigration Developments for Highly Skilled Workers: Changes the Business Community Can Expect as a Result of President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Reform Mintz
Nov
21
2014
New Employment Rules for Federal Government Contractors Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
20
2014
Illinois Appellate Court Reminds Businesses of Potential Limitations in Public Contracts Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Nov
18
2014
Illinois Tax Levy Filing Deadline is December 30, 2014 Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Nov
17
2014
Player Eligibility Above Academic Integrity? Ways to Avoid UNC-Chapel Hill’s Academic Scandal Faegre Drinker
Nov
12
2014
India’s Fight Against “Black Money” Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
12
2014
Fighting Corruption to Achieve Security Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
7
2014
Pennsylvania Amends Act 47 to Give the Commonwealth More Oversight and its Municipalities Less Time to Reorganize Mintz
Oct
31
2014
Former Soccer Player Seeks Minimum Wage for Student-Athletes, Sues NCAA, 352 Division I Schools Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
31
2014
Conviction Reversed for Illinois DUI Offense Outside the Corporate Limits Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Oct
29
2014
All Aboard Florida to Hold Public Information Workshops Bilzin Sumberg
Oct
29
2014
Road to Paris 2015: European Council Deal on Future Climate Change and Energy Policy Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
17
2014
Breaking (Good!) News: Contractors May Be Able To Keep Only Disability Self-ID Data, Not Forms Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
14
2014
Employers Can Learn Lessons from Success as Much as They Can from Failure Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Oct
14
2014
Big Ten Announces Scholarship Guarantee As Major Conferences Gain Power from NCAA Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
10
2014
Microsoft and Other Leading K-12 School-Service Providers Pledge To Protect Student-Data Privacy Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
7
2014
Asheville, North Carolina Gets "In" On It: Innovation Districts and the Return of the Suburban Worker Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
6
2014
Professor’s Refusal to Undergo Fitness-for-Duty Exam Warranted Termination, California Court Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
6
2014
California Strengthens Student Privacy Protections Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
3
2014
Coming Attractions: 15-Acre Durham Innovation District, a "Downtown Research Hub" Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
2
2014
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Seeks Comments on F-1 ‘Pathway Programs’ Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
2
2014
Illinois Court: Municipal Zoning and Stormwater Laws Apply to School District's Construction Project Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
1
2014
The Affordable Care Act: Focus on Adjunct Faculty Mintz
Sep
23
2014
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. v. Duke University: Authorizing Opposition to Motion to Exclude IPR2013-00535 Faegre Drinker
Sep
23
2014
Cautionary Tale for Public Employers--Remember the First Amendment Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
22
2014
Employment Law Summer Recap 2014: Part 6 of 11 – A Farewell to the BSC and Amateurism in College Athletics (At Least as You Knew It) Mintz
Sep
19
2014
Jehovah’s Witness’s Claims Highlight Employer Need to Manage Workplace Religion Issues Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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