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The Legal Intelligencer

Coronavirus Pandemic May Force Shift in Oversight of College Sports

The coronavirus pandemic's dramatic impact on college athletics is, as one observer put it, driving "a forced modernization of the NCAA" and raising significant questions about the NCAA's future.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Revives Suit by Teacher Who Lost Tenure When System Switched to Charter-Only

The Appeals Court said official immunity does not bar claims by a Fannin County teacher who lost her tenure and was fired after the system switched to a charter model.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

A Warning to Schools: Miami-Dade Child's Lawsuit Alleges Sex Harassment by Classmates

"It's difficult to be a child plaintiff, but I think it's probably, for a lot of people, more difficult to think that, 'These things can just happen to me and there are no consequences, and everyone gets to go about as if nothing happened,' " plaintiffs counsel said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Students Most Affected by the New Era of School Choice

The landscape of education did not escape and its profile is also impacted by these COVID-19 dynamics—on the one hand forcing parents and students out of their comfort zones, routines, and preferences, and on the other, ushering in a new genre of school choice.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Litigation Department of the Year — Labor and Employment: Bryant Miller Olive

Bryant Miller attorneys represented the Hialeah City Council to resolve an impasse and won other employment cases in court and arbitration.
2 minute read

Law.com

Trend Shows Judges Refusing to Dismiss Cases Against Universities Demanding COVID-19 Refunds

Several judges have come out with the first rulings from among hundreds of class actions seeking refunds for university and college tuition and fees tied to the COVID-19 shutdowns. Most of them have refused to dismiss claims of breach of contract.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DOE Releases Questions and Answers Regarding New Title IX Rule Weeks After Compliance Date

Despite expectations that the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) would release new Title IX regulations last fall, the final version of the new Title IX rule was not issued until half a year later on May 6, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Is Political Speech Free Speech in the School Setting?

With a particularly contentious election season at fever pitch, many school administrators long for an educational atmosphere completely void of potentially controversial speech, but a quick glance at the First Amendment should quash dreams of being able to prohibit all political speech in the school setting.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Think Twice Before Negotiating Settlement of Client's Claim and Your Fees at the Same Time

An open question is whether plaintiffs' counsel must avoid such "bundled" settlement offers as an ethical matter because they result in a conflict between the lawyer's interests and the client's.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Disproportionality Regulations in IDEA and Why They Are Not Effective for Reducing Bias

It has long been recognized that minority students are over-identified as needing special education and, once identified, over-removed from the regular education classroom.
8 minute read

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