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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term. The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -

The State AG Report – 4.25.2024

Cozen O'Connor on 4/29/2024

Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Republican and Democratic AGs Square Up for Emissions...more

Bipartisan AGs Argue Section 230 Immunity for Online Platforms is Untenable “Engine of Human Misery”

Cozen O'Connor on 4/26/2024

A coalition of 20 Republican and three Democratic AGs submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Doe v. Snap, Inc., No. 23-961, urging the Court to grant petitioner’s writ of certiorari and reverse the...more

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Student’s Off-Campus Free Speech Rights

Saiber LLC on 8/9/2021

The September 1, 2020 Trending Law Blog post discussed how the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., 964 F.3d 170 (2020), upheld a public school student’s First...more

Three Point Shot - Summer Edition 2021

Proskauer Rose LLP on 8/5/2021

Welcome to Three Point Shot, a newsletter brought to you by the Sports Law Group at Proskauer. Three Point Shot brings you the latest in sports law-related news and provides you with links to related materials. ...more

Supreme Court Rules On Student Off Campus Speech: Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/16/2021

On June 23, 2020, in an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Mahanoy Area School District’s decision to suspend a student from the cheerleading team for posting vulgar language and gestures on social media (outside...more

PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter - June 2021: The Big F Word: The [F]irst Amendment

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 7/8/2021

Can our kids still curse about the misery of high school? The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that a school district violated a teenager’s First Amendment rights when school administrators suspended the teenager, B.L.,...more

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter - June 2021

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 7/6/2021

[co-authors: Patrick Murray, Risa Rahman, and Jae Bandeh] The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return...more

Supreme Court Weighs In On School Regulation Of Students’ Social Media Speech

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/6/2021

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Pennsylvania school district went too far when it suspended a student from participation in the school’s cheerleading squad based on “vulgar” comments made about the coach on the...more

United States Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cheerleader Who Published Critical Social Media Post in Free-Speech Case

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &... on 7/2/2021

On June 23, 2021, in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., the United States Supreme Court ruled a Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment rights of a cheerleader by disciplining her for her profanity-laden...more

Cursing Cheerleader Wins at Supreme Court, but Schools Retain Ability to Punish Certain Off-Campus Speech

Rumberger | Kirk on 7/1/2021

In the colorfully known “cursing cheerleader” case, the U.S. Supreme Court found a student’s school violated her First Amendment rights. In an 8-1 decision authored by Justice Breyer and decided Wednesday, June 23, 2021, the...more

SCOTUS and Social Media: What Employers Can Learn from the Court’s Recent Ruling about a Student’s Posts

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/1/2021

On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., No. 20-255 (2021), holding that a student’s off-campus social media posts critical of her school...more

Schools Must Revisit Rules About Off-Campus Speech In Light Of Supreme Court Ruling

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/1/2021

The U.S. Supreme Court left many unanswered questions in its recent decision about the power of schools to punish a student’s off-color, off-campus speech. Although the justices ruled in favor of the student, they left the...more

“F--- school, f--- softball, f--- cheer, f--- everything,” Except First Amendment Protections for Student Speech

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/30/2021

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in Mahanoy Area School District v. B. L., No. 20-255, (U.S. June 23, 2021), upholding students' free speech rights for the first time since 1969. In an...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules that School Cannot Punish Student for Vulgar Social Media Posts

Clark Hill PLC on 6/30/2021

On June 23, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Mahoney Area School District (the “District”) v. B.L., et al (the “Student”), 594 U.S. ___ (2021). The District suspended the Student from the cheerleading team for an...more

Supreme Court Protects Off-Campus Speech of Public School Student

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/28/2021

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 23, 2021 that a public high school student’s off-campus social media postings in which she used vulgar language and disparaged school programs constituted protected speech under the First...more

SCOTUS Decides Two Cases with Labor and Employment Law Implications

CDF Labor Law LLP on 6/28/2021

The United States Supreme Court recently issued two decisions related to California labor and employment law. In one decision, the Court held that a California regulation allowing labor organizers a right to access...more

Supreme Court Holds Public School Regulation of Off-Campus Student Speech Violates 1st Amendment

Miller Canfield on 6/28/2021

On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court held in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L that a public school may not regulate off-campus student speech where there is no substantial disruption of school activities. In Mahanoy, a...more

Supreme Court Issues Decision in Closely Watched Student Social Media Case

BCLP on 6/25/2021

On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the closely-watched case of Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. The decision, which upheld the Third Circuit’s ruling for a high school cheerleader suspended from...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules High School Cheerleader Cannot Be Disciplined for Criticizing School’s Decision Keeping Her Off Varsity...

Jackson Walker on 6/24/2021

For the first time in over 50 years, a high school student has won a free speech case in the Supreme Court. In a narrow decision issued on June 23, 2021, an 8-1 majority (including all but Justice Clarence Thomas) ruled that...more

Supreme Court Upholds Student First Amendment Rights, Limits School District Authority to Discipline for Off-Campus Speech

Foley Hoag LLP on 6/24/2021

The United States Supreme Court today released its opinion in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., holding that the First Amendment protects most student speech from school disciplinary measures if such speech was not made...more

Supreme Court Decides Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/24/2021

On June 23, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., holding that a Pennsylvania public high school violated a student’s First Amendment rights when it suspended her from the cheerleading...more

What happens at the Cocoa Hut, stays at the Cocoa Hut: U.S. Supreme Court determines school district’s discipline of cheerleader...

Bricker Graydon LLP on 6/24/2021

In a June 23, 2021, decision that reviewed the Mahanoy Area School District’s discipline of a cheerleader, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals had reached the right determination, but for...more

8 Cheers for the Supreme Court: School’s Out for Summer, but First Amendment Rights for Students are In

Harris Beach PLLC on 6/24/2021

As many high school students are walking the stage for graduation, the Supreme Court is readying for summer, issuing a flurry of decisions. One, B.L. v. Mahanoy Area School District (594 U.S. _____ (2021)) is a big win for...more

Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of High School Student In First Amendment Dispute

Roetzel & Andress on 6/24/2021

On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States, in an 8-1 decision, affirmed the rulings of both the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, when...more

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