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6th Circ. Revives Title IX Suit Because of School District's 'Indifference to Widespread Instances of Sexual Harassment Across Its Schools'

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has reversed and remanded, in part, a Tennessee federal judge's grant of summary judgment to a school district that was sued by two female students after a videotape surfaced of them engaging in sexual activity with other male students.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Eyes MFA Student's Case for Tuition Refund When Acting Program Went Remote

In-person teaching was "promised and expected by the parties," said a lawyer for a student seeking a tuition refund.
3 minute read

Law.com

Private Student Loan Debt and the Exception to Discharge As Viewed Through the Eyes of the Circuit Courts

A summary of the factors that courts have considered and will likely continue to consider when addressing dischargeability of private student loans under the Bankruptcy Code, and a cautionary word for practitioners considering whether to put forth an argument to the contrary.
18 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Revives Former Teacher's Expired Whistleblower Complaint

"The Supreme Court clarified that a government employee cannot sue for a retaliatory termination under the Georgia Whistleblower Act until an authorized supervisor terminates the employee," said appellant counsel Barton Black of Blue Sky Law in Smyrna.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

University of Virginia Gets New Legal Chief Following Ex-Top Lawyer's Controversial Firing

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has appointed Cliff Iler as senior assistant attorney general and UVA university counsel.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge's Ruling Leaves School District Open to Sex Assault Negligence Suit in New Test to Immunity Exception

A Lehigh Valley judge found that the incidents of severe bullying of a kindergarten student that gave rise to the plaintiffs' cause of action fell "squarely" under the exception.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Schenck Price Representing Board of Ed in First Amendment Case

This suit was surfaced on Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Universities Board, Accreditor at Odds Over 'Undue Influence'

The bill would require state colleges and universities to change accrediting agencies at the end of each accreditation cycle — a process that can last up to 10 years.
5 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Allows Challenge to School District's Now-Defunct Mask Policy to Continue, Citing Likelihood of Future Mask Mandates

Despite a Maine school district dropping its mask mandate, a federal judge overseeing a challenge to the policy has refused to dismiss the case as moot, citing the potential for the district to reinstate the mandate at a later date.
5 minute read

Law.com

State Supreme Court: 'Legislature Plainly Intended' to Allow Nonattorneys to File CRA Petitions in Juvenile Court

The Massachusetts Supreme Court sided with an assistant principal on Friday, rejecting a "habitually truant" youth's claim that the non-attorney school representative engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by filing and pursuing a Child Requiring Assistance petition in juvenile court.
7 minute read

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