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05/18/2021
Industries Higher Education
Services Labor and Employment
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12/14/2020
Industries Higher Education
Services Labor and Employment
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11/05/2020
Industries Higher Education | K-12 Schools
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08/05/2020
Industries Higher Education | Real Estate
Services Real Estate Services
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07/10/2020
Industries Higher Education
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12/11/2019
Industries Higher Education
The real estate industry is on the verge of major disruption due to futuristic technologies. These technologies are changing the way developers and cities plan for future development. Two such technologies are ride-sharing applications and autonomous, connected, electric and shared (ACES) vehicles. The technologies will decrease the need for parking spaces, both in structures and lots, and present opportunities for educational leaders to rethink their campus plans to prepare for ACES vehicles. This article addresses some of that pending disruption for colleges planning for ACES and ride-...
Article
12/11/2019
Industries Higher Education
In recent years, colleges, universities and hospitals have been at the forefront in making public commitments to sustainability goals for energy consumed on their campuses. Building owners in these sectors have also found that renewable energy applications may reduce costs and increase reliability and certainty. This article offers a basic introduction into various renewable energy and sustainability applications that your campus may be considering. On-Site Applications* * These applications may include permitting, installation and operation of renewable electric generation, as well as...
Article
12/11/2019
Industries Higher Education
Beginning December 1, 2019, New Jersey residents who are adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse will have two years to sue the alleged abuser or the institution where the alleged abuser worked. The state’s two-year “lookback window” is part of a law passed in May 2019 extending the state’s statute of limitations up to age 55 for civil claims related to childhood sexual abuse. Or, if the survivor is older than 55, the law extends the period to seven years after the survivor makes the discovery connecting emotional and psychological injury to the abuse. The lookback window is open through...
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12/05/2019
Industries Higher Education | Sports | Sports and Entertainment
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08/16/2019
Industries Higher Education
Josh Richards, vice chair of the Firm's Higher Education Practice, co-authored this article for Terra Dotta Software's online publication. Josh and his co-author discuss what Josh referred to as a "thicket of regulatory obligation" within the university setting, and how those obligations expand when applied to study abroad programs. "There are going to be issues related to language barriers, local laws and regulations, time differences, distance and more," said Josh.
Article
06/20/2019
Industries Higher Education
On April 30, 2019, two students were shot to death while attending class at UNC Charlotte. CNN reports that, in the year since the February 2018 massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School, there has been one shooting every 11.8 days . Notably, that number only accounts for K-12 schools; not for the hundreds of college and university campuses nationwide where it has become increasingly common for gunfire to erupt. As a result, school administrators must become adept at managing both the tragic and the unpredictable. Regardless of experience, thinking and acting strategically in the midst of a...
Article
06/20/2019
Industries Higher Education
Within the past year, numerous administrative complaints have been filed with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights alleging that collegiate programs supporting women violate Title IX. The complainants argue that because Title IX protects all persons from discrimination on the basis of sex, programs specifically designed to advance women on campus unlawfully discriminate against males. These “reverse gender” discrimination complaints share a common theme – i.e., that women are no longer underrepresented in higher education and that the alleged “gender favoritism” and “special...
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06/20/2019
Industries Higher Education
What can organizations learn from the first year of enforcement of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Quite a bit, if you pay attention to what the EU government regulators are doing. Over the course of the GDPR’s first year, numerous enforcement proceedings have taken place throughout Europe. These actions have been leveled at companies ranging from a Danish taxi company to a Portuguese hospital to the multinational tech giant Google. The penalties dished out by regulators have ranged from orders to stop or limit data processing, to nominal fines, to a fine of €...
Article
06/20/2019
Industries Higher Education
Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have anti-hazing laws. Those that do not (yet) have anti-hazing laws on the books include Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii. One of the strictest criminal laws for hazing in the country was just passed in Pennsylvania. In response to the tragic death of Timothy Piazza, Pennsylvania adopted legislation to prevent and criminalize hazing at colleges, universities, and secondary schools. The new law, known as the Timothy Piazza Anti-hazing Law, 18 Pa. C.S. § 2801, et seq. (the “law”), implements a variety of new...
Article
06/20/2019
Industries Higher Education
Electronic sports (esports), also known as competitive video and computer gaming, continues to boom in popularity. Esports is a spectator-driven phenomenon: some reports estimate the global esports audience will total 456 million in 2019, a sizeable increase from the 395 million-person audience in 2018, and industry revenue generated in 2019 could reach nearly $1.5 billion. (1-2) This explosive growth is notable at the collegiate level. The National Association of Collegiate Esports (“NACE”), a nonprofit membership organization focused on growing and advancing collegiate varsity esports,...
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12/01/2018
Industries Higher Education
Mary Beth Schluckebier, an associate in the Firm’s Higher Education Practice, authored an article for the American Bar Association’s TYL publication. Mary Beth discusses her experience thus far in the higher education law field, one she was not familiar with while in law school. "In the interest of full transparency… I must admit that I did not realize higher education law existed until after graduating law school and joining my firm. But, boy am I glad that it does," wrote Mary Beth. She describes what exactly is higher education law, the type of work attorneys handle and a day in the life...