By Matthew T. Nelson | June 10, 2020
The story begins with a deplorable situation. The plaintiffs are seven students of public schools in the city of Detroit. In their complaint, they describe how "not even the pretense of education takes place" in their schools, which lack "the capacity to deliver basic access to literacy."
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 9, 2020
Circuit Judge David Porter wrote that the "contractual promises of 'fair' and 'equitable' treatment to those accused of sexual misconduct require at least a real, live, and adversarial hearing and the opportunity for the accused student or his or her representative to cross-examine witnesses—including his or her accusers."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 8, 2020
A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former University of the Sciences student who claimed his expulsion was the result of a biased university investigation into his sexual encounters with two women.
By Jason Grant | June 8, 2020
The Trump administration's new regulations "gut[] decades of firmly established policy on schools' obligations to respond to sexual harassment and ... invent[] new rights for individuals accused of sexual harassment," state Attorney General Letitia James and six of her colleagues say in their 78-page complaint.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By John D. Rue | June 4, 2020
The "it's too expensive" defense is nonsense in the special education law context. If a school district accepts federal funding, it must provide a minimum level of special education services to its students.
By Dave Kostiuk | June 2, 2020
Quinn Emanuel, Cooley, Wilmer and Orrick are among the firms tapped to defend suits seeking partial tuition refunds for students impacted by campus closures.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Erica Silverman | May 20, 2020
The merger adds to Lamb McErlane's regional footprint and brings higher education clients to the firm.
By Jane Wester | May 19, 2020
The amended complaint adds new allegations about the executive committee's actions, including alleged securities violations and the misuse of funds donated to the elite Upper East Side boys' school.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Fredric Paul Gallin and Eric Harrison | May 11, 2020
The Third Circuit strikes a blow for objective truth in the post-truth era.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christopher J. Conrad | May 7, 2020
Still, schools—particularly schools unaccustomed to delivering a curriculum primarily online—almost universally have accepted that it will not be feasible to deliver the same level of instruction to their students in a remote setting as they could if the students were actually attending school as expected.
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