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In Parent-Trigger School Fight, Kirkland Lawyers Get an A+

Working pro bono, Kirkland & Ellis lawyers won another round in a long and controversial fight involving the so-called parent-trigger movement, which gives parents the power to force change at failing public schools.
12 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

5 Cases That Could Shape Campus Sexual Assault Investigations

As some colleges have attempted to address the issue of sexual assault, their actions have led to court disputes. Some come from men who claim that they were unfairly disciplined in connection with an alleged assault. Others are advanced by female students who allege that their schools didn't do enough when they stepped forward to report themselves the victim of an assault.
23 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cyberprivacy: It's Hard to Know What's Fair or Foul

The daily reports of the battle between Apple and the federal government to have Apple decrypt its iPhone are behind us now, but the lessons to be learned from that scrimmage are still fresh, and have not been in the least internalized. In this month's column, I will look at the matter and try to discern and discuss those lessons.
21 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. State Sys. of Higher Educ. v. Ass'n of State Coll. & Univ. Faculties, PICS Case No. 16-0872 (Pa. Commw. July 6, 2016) Pellegrini, P.J. (22 pages).

Office of Open Records properly found that Right-to-Know Law requests for universities' correspondence relating to budgets and financial reports, training documents for new hires in the finance offices and instructions regarding feedback were sufficiently specific under § 703 but erred in rejecting universities' exemption. Affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded.
6 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Steven Shapiro, 'Jagger' of Civil Liberties, Reflects on ACLU Career, Challenges

This fall, Steven Shapiro, the national legal director for the ACLU, leaves the post he has held since 1993 and the organization for which he has worked since 1987. He directed a large docket of cases that ranged from free speech to gay rights to the death penalty. Shapiro sits down with the SCB to reflect on civil rights, privacy and other areas.
26 minute read

New York Law Journal

Attorney General Sues Alleged Job Training Agency

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Sunday he is suing a New York City company that tricked job hunters into spending money on security guard training and other courses for which they didn't need to pay.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Strengthening Our Anti-Bullying Laws

The legislature should provide for a private cause of action against any board of education or school employee or official who allows bullies to harm our children regardless of their attempts to comply with the existing anti-bullying statute.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Women's Group to Intervene for Victim in Campus Rape Suit

A federal judge in Atlanta has granted the request of an Atlanta women's group to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed by a former student at the Georgia Institute of Technology who was expelled after he was accused of rape.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Title IX and Student Behavior on Social Media

As our digital presence and "real" lives become increasingly intertwined, schools must determine where their obligation to review and investigate harmful student behavior starts and stops. As an example, pursuant to Department of Education guidance, a school is considered to be on notice of a potential Title IX violation if a responsible school employee knew, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known, about the alleged incident of sexual violence. This encompasses direct complaints from a victim as well as indirect notice from a member of the local community, on a social networking site, or from the media.
17 minute read

Daily Business Review

Carnival's Fathom Cruise Line Is Turning to God for Survival

Carnival's Fathom brand of social-impact cruises needs churches and schools to fill its ship.
8 minute read

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