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Daily Business Review

Lawmakers, School Leaders Face Hurricane, Security Issues

Those issues drew discussion during a State Board of Education meeting that also included new appointee Andy Pollack, whose daughter was among 17 students and faculty members killed during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Court Finds Flaws With 'Overlapping and Conflicting' Role of Title IX Investigator at USC

California's Second District Court of Appeal found that the school's Title IX investigator held the "roles of investigator, prosecutor, factfinder, and sentencer" in a case where a student was accused of sexual misconduct.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Justices Split 4-3 on Challenge to Public School Funding

Chief Justice Charles Canady attacked dissenters for trying to take control of "monumental funding and policy decisions."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Examining the IDEA's FAPE Standard in the Third Circuit

The question of what FAPE is for any one disabled student is an extremely fact-specific determination. Therefore, having recent additional guidance on the analysis process from the Third Circuit is helpful.
7 minute read

The Recorder

USC Not Liable for Injury to Drunk, High Frat Party Goer

"A college has little control over such noncurricular, off campus activities, and it would be unrealistic for students and their guests to rely on the college for protection in those settings," wrote the Second District Court of Appeal.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

NCAA Attorney Squares Off With Judge In Player Compensation Case

The NCAA's lead lawyer Beth Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz told U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken multiple times during closing arguments Tuesday that the judge had the facts wrong.
4 minute read

The Recorder

'That's Wrong': NCAA Lawyer, Judge Butt Heads in Closing Arguments in Athlete Compensation Case

The NCAA's lead lawyer Beth Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz told U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken multiple times during closing arguments Tuesday that the judge had the facts wrong.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

President Donald Trump, Education and the American Dream

Those who attain higher levels of educational achievement tend to fare better in life than their less-educated counterparts since more schooling, on average, correlates with higher incomes, better health and a longer life expectancy.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Safety Panel Backs Controversial Armed Teacher Law

“You've got to have somebody there who can swiftly and effectively neutralize the threat, and that means killing the killer,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Court Grants New Hearing to USC Student Expelled Over Rape Charge

A three-judge panel of Second District Court of Appeal on Tuesday overturned a prior ruling by a Superior Court judge who said the expelled student was not deprived of a fair investigation and hearing.
4 minute read

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