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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May
11
2015
House Committee To Introduce Title IV Funding Legislation; Senate HELP Committee Prepares For Every Child Achieves Act Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
7
2015
Court Revives “Fraudulent Inducement” FCA Case despite Relators’ Failure to Link False Statement to Government Payment McDermott Will & Emery
May
7
2015
Seven Things to Know About the Campus Accountability and Safety Act Faegre Drinker
May
4
2015
Proposed Graduate Medical Education Legislation Looks to Increase Residency Slots Mintz
May
1
2015
College’s Falsification of Grades and Attendance Records May Trigger FCA Liability Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
29
2015
Safely Boarding the School Bus - we're never done. Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
29
2015
Department of Education Releases Updated Guidance for Title IX Compliance Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Apr
27
2015
Department Of Education Releases More Guidance On Title IX Coordinators Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
24
2015
Clarifying the Pros and Cons of Borrowing for Operating Deficits Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
21
2015
North Carolina Court of Appeals Dismisses Municipal Takings Claim For Failing "Public Benefit" Standard Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
20
2015
Next Stop For ESEA Reauthorization: Senate Floor - Elementary and Secondary Education Act Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
14
2015
Next Step in U.S. Postal Service Breach – NLRB Sues Postal Service Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
13
2015
Senate HELP Committee To Mark Up ESEA Legislation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
10
2015
Equity Firm Agrees to Pay $3 Million to NM State Investment Counsel for Moneys Tied to Pay For Play Scheme
Apr
9
2015
Permitted Development Rights re: Town and Country Planning in England Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
9
2015
Promoting Levies with School Resources? --Ohio Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
9
2015
Department of Education Issues New Guidance Documents Relating to Student Privacy Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
5
2015
Changes to Law Regarding FOIA Requests: Boards of Education Can No Longer Impose a Search Fee Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
2
2015
Inside the New York Budget Bill: Economic Nexus McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
1
2015
Tennessee Federal Court Upholds Permit Fee for Backcountry Sheltering in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
31
2015
Miami’s Green Spaces Are Prime Assets for Public-Private Partnerships Bilzin Sumberg
Mar
31
2015
U.S. Senate HELP Committee Releases White Papers on Higher Education Act Reauthorization Faegre Drinker
Mar
25
2015
New Jersey Assemblywoman Introduces Concussion Bill to Keep Children Out of Class Until Doctor Approves Stark & Stark
Mar
23
2015
Student Data Privacy Legislation To Be Introduced This Week Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
16
2015
West Virginia Legislative Changes Add Clarity to ECCAT Classification Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Mar
16
2015
ESEA Reauthorization On Hold In The House And Delayed In The Senate Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
10
2015
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association To Implement Background Checks For Officials Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
3
2015
DoD Memo Reveals Poor Scorecard for Agency’s Inclusion of the UCTI DFARS Clause in New Contracts Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
3
2015
Employees at Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities Are Now Subject to Mandatory Background Checks Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
2
2015
This Week in Congress – March 2, 2015 re: DHS Appropriations Bill and Shutdown Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
2
2015
House Vote On ESEA Postponed To This Week -- Elementary and Secondary Education Act Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
23
2015
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Reauthorization On The House Floor This Week Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
18
2015
Qualified Public Infrastructure Bonds – Fancy New Name; Familiar Old Rules Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
11
2015
Court Triples Time to Bring a Minnesota Whistleblower Claim Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
9
2015
Puerto Rico’s Recovery Act Ruled Preempted: What Now? Mintz
Feb
9
2015
White House Proposes New P3 Financing Tool: Qualified Public Infrastructure Bonds (QPIB) Bilzin Sumberg
Feb
3
2015
School’s Out: Limiting Reach in the Classroom with Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
30
2015
New Illinois Laws in 2015 Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jan
27
2015
Key Issues Facing Places of Public Accommodation at the 25th Anniversary of the ADA Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
22
2015
God in the Details: NLRB Modifies Test for Jurisdiction Over Religious Education Employers Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
19
2015
EPA Urges Home Radon Testing: Protect Your Family from Lung Cancer Caused by Exposure in Your Home U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jan
18
2015
Off the Mark?: Fourth Circuit Reverses FCA Dismissal Using Implied Certification Theory Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
16
2015
President Obama Proposes New Legislation and Model Terms of Service to Protect Student Privacy Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
16
2015
Illinois Governor Signs Executive Order on Ethics Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
13
2015
Public Bodies Prohibited from Requiring Community Members to Disclose Address Before Public Comment Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jan
10
2015
Higher Education Alert: NLRB Trend in Easing Unionization Continues with Recent Decision Proskauer Rose LLP
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
 

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