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US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday by the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases — for example, to ensure fairness. The proposed rule sends a political counterpunch toward a wave of Republican-led […]
Civil Rights – Title IX Discrimination – First Amendment Retaliation – Statute of Limitations
In November 2013, plaintiffs were banned from school district grounds and sent a letter threatening legal action if they continued to post critical comments about school district officials on social media. Plaintiffs’ civil rights complaint was therefore untimely when it was filed more than three years – the applicable statute of limitations period – after […]
Schools & School Boards – Title IX – Student-on-Student Harassment – Expulsion
Mother Doe 203 v. Berkeley County School District (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-217-16, 10 pp.) (Patrick Michael Duffy, J.) 2:14-cv-03575; D.S.C. Holding: As different students reported inappropriate touching and other actions by student WW, the defendant-school district took increasingly serious measures against WW, culminating in his expulsion. Since the expulsion was already in the works when [&helli[...]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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