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New Jersey Law Journal

2 Sex Abuse Victims Settle Consolidated Case Against School District for $6M

"Many of us heard that these cases just are not worth that much money," said John Baldante of Baldante & Rubenstein. "But these Winslow Township Board of Education cases prove that these cases have more significant value than they ever had in the past. The paradigm has changed."
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Law.com

Class Action Claims Chicago Teacher Strike Resulted in More Than $200M in Damages

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Sets New Precedent in Tenured Teacher Arbitration Hearing Law

"Although the legislation limits the cases that reach the arbitrator, it does not limit the remedies available to the arbitrator," Justice Lee A. Solomon said.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Making the Right to Education a Reality for All Our Children

Last week we gathered in the Capitol in Harrisburg with other advocates, parents, educators, and students who are part of a statewide coalition called PA Schools Work to celebrate the anniversary of that pivotal ruling and to advocate for a proposed remedy to bring our school funding system into constitutional compliance.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Record $2 Billion Settlement Reached for California Students' Deficiencies During Remote Learning

"The urgent vision of this historic settlement is not just to recoup the academic losses suffered by California's most disadvantaged students, but to erase the opportunity gaps altogether exacerbated by the pandemic," Mark Rosenbaum, director with Public Counsel, a public-interest law firm in Los Angeles, said in a statement.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Penn State Evades Liability in $6.4M Drunken Driving Verdict

Geoffrey Sasso, who represented the school, said the jury's finding rejected the notion that the school was responsible for policing underaged drinking that occurs on its campus.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Suits Accuse LAUSD Administrators of Turning Blind Eye to Teacher's Sexual Abuse of Students, Peer Bullying Turned Assault

This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
5 minute read

Law.com

University of Utah Accused of Hiring Discrimination, Denying Job Applicants for 'Lack of Diversity'

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyer Sanctioned $71K: Judge Says 'Questionable Tactics' Were Well-Known

"Most special education attorneys representing parents will not take their clients' money to have a hearing when, in fact, the student is already getting what the parents have asked for," said Eric Harrison, the attorney for the Cherry Hill Board of Education.
5 minute read

Law.com

5 Universities in Student Aid Antitrust Suit Agree to More Than $100M in Settlements

According to court papers, Yale University and Emory University have agreed to pay $18.5 million apiece, Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million, and Columbia University and Duke University both agreed to pay $24 million to settle claims they colluded to limit the amount of need-based financial aid provided to undergraduates.
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