A Texas lawyer has filed a 39-page federal lawsuit over what he describes as a federal racketeering enterprise requiring “pay for play” from those who want to be active participants…
A trial judge’s ruling earlier this month in a New Jersey school bullying case has the potential to change the legal landscape in such cases nationwide, if other jurists find…
Football players are employees of Northwestern University and can unionize, the National Labor Relations Board said in a ruling released Wednesday that is expected to reverberate throughout the country.
A three-day suspension has been upheld for an Ohio fifth-grader accused of pointing his finger at the side of another student’s head and pretending to shoot him in class earlier…
The governing council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved a lot of changes in the law school accreditation standards at its meeting last…
A child who chews a toaster pastry into the shape of a gun would be protected from severe repercussions by elementary or high school authorities under a proposed bill moving…
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday sent a controversial school funding case back to a lower court to determine whether lawmakers violated a state constitutional requirement for adequacy in education.
A school district in Texas had agreed to pay $77,500 to settle a suit by a former student who says her high school softball coaches outed her as a lesbian…
Calling a junior high basketball coach’s short-hair rule for boys a violation of the constitutional right of equal protection under the law, a divided federal appeals court Monday reversed a…
A trial court must reconsider a First Amendment challenge to elementary school uniforms that sport a “Tomorrow’s Leaders” motto, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A contentious oral argument Wednesday before a federal appellate court panel in Chicago included a lesson in appellate advocacy for the BigLaw litigation leader representing the University of Notre Dame…
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