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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Feb
6
2017
Senate Set to Vote on DeVos, Short Week for House Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
6
2017
DeVos Gets a Step Closer to Confirmation; Trump Looks to Restructure Department of Education Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
31
2017
FTC and DeVry University Settle False Advertising Claims for $100M Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
30
2017
Betsy DeVos Moves toward Confirmation despite Opposition; Department of Education Announces New Staff and Open Title IX Investigations Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
26
2017
Update: Michigan Library TIF Legislation Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jan
24
2017
Little Chute School District Prevails Against WEAC and Retirees Before Wisconsin Court of Appeals in Case Involving Provision of WEA Long Term Care Insurance von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jan
24
2017
Cybersecurity Should Be Top of Mind for Colleges and Universities in 2017 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
23
2017
Betsy DeVos Testifies at Confirmation Hearing; Chairwoman Foxx Announces New Committee Members Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
20
2017
Teachers File Proposed Class Action Suit Claiming Grants Were Illegally Converted Into Loans Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
18
2017
Increasing Ransomware Attacks in Higher Education Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
17
2017
White House Task Force Issues Guide for Campus Sexual Assault Response Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jan
11
2017
Working At Home May Be Reasonable Accommodation Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
9
2017
Education in 115th Congress; Confirmation Hearing Scheduled for Betsy DeVos Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
9
2017
State of Texas v. United States of America: Battle Over Bathrooms and Gender Identity Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jan
5
2017
U.S. Department of Education Promulgates New Regulations for Distance Education Programs and Foreign Locations of U.S. Institutions Faegre Drinker
Jan
3
2017
Fido Can’t Help Ring in the New Year (Unless He’s a True Service Animal) Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
27
2016
Fourth Circuit Wage Discrimination Claim Dismissed Where Female Professor Failed to Show Higher Paid Male Professors Were Appropriate Comparators Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
24
2016
Department of Education Issues Final Rules on State Authorization Armstrong Teasdale
Dec
16
2016
Seventh Circuit: “Play is not work” and Division I College Athletes Are Not Entitled to Minimum Wage under the FLSA Polsinelli PC
Dec
14
2016
Seventh Circuit Holds That Student Athletes Are Not Employees Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
13
2016
Seventh Circuit Confirms Student-Athletes Not Entitled to Minimum Wage under FLSA Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
5
2016
Michigan State Data Breach and the Value of Preparedness Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
1
2016
As Charter School Union Organizing Increases, Employers Must be Vigilant in Opposing Organizing Efforts Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
26
2016
Court Rules Students Training in Clinics are Not Employees Under the FLSA Armstrong Teasdale
Nov
23
2016
Betsy DeVos Named Secretary of Education Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov
21
2016
Kenosha Unified School v. Whitaker: Case of Vanishing § 1292(b) Certification Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
16
2016
California AG Guidance for Ed Tech Industry: Six Recommendations to Protect Student Data Privacy Mintz
Nov
14
2016
US Education Committees Stay Constant; Department of Education Readies for Transition Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
14
2016
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Enforces Parties’ Stipulation to Remedies and Waiver of Judicial Review in Administrative Proceeding Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
10
2016
Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) Continue to Gain Momentum Bilzin Sumberg
Nov
9
2016
Post-Election Outlook for Higher Education Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Nov
9
2016
Massachusetts Voters Reject Charter School Measure Backed By Wall Street MapLight
Nov
7
2016
U.S. Department of Education Issues Final Rule on Borrower Defense to Repayment Faegre Drinker
Nov
7
2016
California Attorney General Issues Recommendations for Privacy in Ed Tech Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
5
2016
Eighth Circuit Reinstates FCA Case Over Changed College Grades, Attendance Records Armstrong Teasdale
 

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