You may feel like the school year just started, but as we near the end of 2023, it’s already time to start preparing for the 2024-2025 school year. With that in mind, we wanted to briefly discuss one of the key documents that...more
While the great majority of schools will not be requiring their students or staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this coming school year, that’s not necessarily true for schools in the Northeast and on the West Coast....more
9/7/2022
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Remote Learning ,
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School Policies ,
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Vaccinations
Misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information used to involve an employee walking out the door with a box of records they spent hours copying after hours. As technology has advanced, departing employees have...more
It may be common to see protest activity on your campus – but thankfully it is not common to see a massive jury award rendered against an educational institute due to that activity. An ongoing dispute at an Ohio college that...more
9/16/2020
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Appeals ,
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Damage Caps ,
Defamation ,
Educational Institutions ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Protests ,
Punitive Damages ,
Race Discrimination ,
Student Speech ,
Students ,
Universities
As the country begins to re-emerge amid the COVID-19 pandemic, whether and when any particular school will be ready to return for the upcoming school year and at what level will depend on the individual school, its location,...more
5/22/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Health and Safety ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Professors ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
School Districts ,
School Policies ,
Social Distancing ,
Students ,
Teachers ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
In its most recent legislative session, Texas lawmakers took a number of steps designed to protect students from potential harm due to sexual misconduct. The new rules extend to certain obligations and protections to private...more
12/10/2019
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Criminal Background Checks ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immunity ,
Job Applicants ,
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Private Schools ,
Public Schools ,
Reporting Requirements ,
School Districts ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Conduct ,
Students ,
Teachers
Texas has maintained its reputation as being a conservative state despite the results of the 2018 midterm elections. But, as the surprisingly close Texas Senate election suggests, things may be a-changin’—especially when it...more
1/3/2019
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Controlled Substances Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
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Drug-Free Workplace Act ,
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Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Recreational Use ,
State Labor Laws
All K-12 school leaders understand that having a strong extracurricular program is almost as important as maintaining exceptional academic programs. Colleges expect high school students to excel outside the classroom, and...more
The first couple of months of the Trump administration have been something of a whirlwind. Many Americans have been glued to their TVs, computer screens, or smartphones on a daily basis, anxiously awaiting the latest news...more
4/14/2017
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Foreign Students ,
Green Cards ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Reform ,
International Travel ,
Port of Entry ,
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Public Schools ,
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Restraining Orders ,
School Districts ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities ,
University Employees ,
Vetting
The Texas Supreme Court recently blurred the distinctions between harassment and assault claims as they apply to employer liability under the state’s antidiscrimination statute. In considering whether a plaintiff is required...more
3/4/2017
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Commission on Human Rights ,
Damage Caps ,
Dismissals ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exclusive Remedy ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Preemption ,
Reversal ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Law Tort Claims ,
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Vicarious Liability
Lessons To Be Learned For Organizing Campaigns -
For the first time in American labor law history, a jury found that a union defamed and disparaged an employer while waging a bitter organizing campaign, costing the...more
Doug Niedermeyer is not the most sympathetic character in American film, but any dealership manager faced with employees who want to wear union pins, buttons, or other insignia might understand his frustration. To many...more