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Handling Campus Protests: Key Points for Colleges and Universities to Consider and 7 Tips for Your Protest Policy

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As protests erupt across college campuses, educational institutions are grappling with how to handle escalating situations and balance important interests like free speech and student safety. Colleges and universities are...more

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Is A Public Demonstration Which Blocks Traffic Protected Symbolic Speech? California’s Assembly Bill 2742 Proposes to Fine...

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Almost nothing is more vital to our way of life than the exercise of our right to free speech, protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. However, that right is not unlimited and it must yield to...more

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Protecting Protests on Private Campuses

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After criticism of her testimony before Congress on antisemitism on college campuses, the President of the University of Pennsylvania, Liz Magill, resigned. And, at Pomona College, authorities arrested a professor who...more

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Protestors, the First Amendment, and Higher Education - The Line Between Free Speech and School Interests

Protests on college campuses are a common occurrence and often provide opportunities for students and other members of the community to express their opinions and concerns. It is essential for colleges and universities to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 9, November 2023

The Accreditation Overhaul for North Carolina (and Florida) Colleges - Last month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8 (HB 8) into law. In addition to establishing a new computer science requirement for...more

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Employee Activism, Safety, and Support Amid Difficult Issues

Recent social and political controversies, such as rulings from the Supreme Court of the United States, international conflicts, and mass shootings, are likely to cause more employees to voice their opinions and frustrations...more

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Amicus Brief Urges Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in High-Profile Case about First Amendment Protections

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Jenner & Block filed an amicus brief on behalf of the NAACP and the Ohio State Chapter of the NAACP urging the Ohio Supreme Court to hear Oberlin College’s appeal in Gibson Bros, Inc., et al., v. Oberlin. Oberlin is...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 3

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In the Capitol: The U.S. Capitol was engulfed in chaos on Wednesday, as supporters of President Trump, responding to his call to head there, breached the complex, resulting in violence in the seat of America's federal...more

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Dereliction of Duty: Can Local Governments Be Liable for Not Protecting Property from Protestors?

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Eager to spark the socialist revolution, left-wing activists seized Ramsett Park and the surrounding area and declared an independent autonomous community dedicated to social and economic justice. While that hypothetical...more

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Legal Support for Protesting Employees: ERISA Considerations

Amid the current climate of individuals engaging in protests for racial justice and other causes, some employers are looking for ways to help employees arrested in connection with exercising their first amendment rights to...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

When Twitter Fingers Cross a Line: An Employer’s Guide to Navigating Offensive Off-Duty Employee Conduct

You don’t need a legal blog to tell you that the country is in a state of extreme unrest regarding the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and so many other Black people, at the hands of police and in...more

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Exercising Free Speech Through Social Media and Assembly While Also Protecting Your Immigration Plans

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Living in a society plagued by racism and injustice, many people across the world have taken to social media and their communities, protesting to voice their opinions of violence and injustices being committed.  Although...more

Jackson Walker

Is the Threat of Violence and Discord Killing Free Speech?

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Two years ago, I wrote that concerns over campus protests on issues of free speech were not a “manufactured crisis” but rather an increasing threat to free speech and the physical safety of students and speakers alike. The...more

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The First Amendment and the Struggle for Black Equality

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In 1976, President Gerald Ford officially recognized February as Black History Month. Many around the nation celebrate this annual occasion by highlighting the achievements of the civil rights movement. But there was a time...more

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Serving Up Disruption: The New Age of Political Protests in Restaurants and Other Public Places

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The past year has ushered in an unexpected challenge for the restaurant industry. Protests, both planned and spontaneous, against political figures in public places have caught business owners by surprise, giving rise to...more

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Employee Rights and Free Speech: Does the NFL's National Anthem Policy Violate the First Amendment?

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On May 23, 2018, the National Football League (NFL) implemented a policy that requires all players and team personnel who are present on the sideline for the national anthem to "stand and show respect for the flag." ...more

Troutman Pepper

NFL No-Kneeling Compromise: Implications For The Workplace

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Q: Can private employers limit workplace speech and activities? A: Yes, but only if the limits do not violate other laws. ...more

Fisher Phillips

#NeverAgain? How Schools Should Respond To Student Protests

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After the February 14 tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students began to organize like rarely before to protest gun violence in schools. Protests such as school walk-outs and “die-ins”...more

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Political Campaigns, College Campuses, and Free Speech

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With the midterm spring primary election season looming, many educational institutions are witnessing heightened political awareness and activism among students and employees. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Student activism after Parkland—Some First Amendment considerations for school district leaders

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After the tragic February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students across the country have taken to the streets. Students have met with lawmakers, engaged in protests, and staged...more

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NSBA Releases Guidance on Student Walkouts and the First Amendment

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As we discussed in our previous alert, various actions and protests are being planned in the wake of the February 14 school shooting in Parkland Florida, including a National School Walkout planned for March 14. ...more

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Dear Littler: Can We Discipline An Employee Who "Took a Knee" During the Anthem?

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Dear Littler: I work for a prominent company in a small city here in the Hoosier State, and we are very involved in our local community. We sponsor a corporate softball team, and last night one of our team members “took a...more

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Politics in the Workplace: Do NFL Players Have Freedom of Speech to Protest at Games?

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It’s nearly impossible to turn on the TV and not hear something about the NFL player protests and whether such actions are protected speech under the First Amendment. While these protests started last season, they have grown...more

Jackson Walker

The Crisis of Free Speech on Campus: Not Fake News

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A recent column in the Detroit News, by John Patrick Leary, an assistant professor of English at Wayne State University, advanced the proposition that concern over the recent protests on campus over free speech is a...more

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Officials’ Top 10 Things to Remember About Public Participation in Local Government

As the national political climate heated up recently, some local governments are facing spillover effects, with local and sometimes even out-of-town activists and provocateurs attending city council, school board and other...more

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