Legal Insights

A new GPS-based technology appears to answer parents’ fears about their children’s safety while at school.  One such device, AngelSense allows GPS tracking, ensuring parents that they will know where…

Transgender Law Update October 2016 Update to US Supreme Court’s Transgender Bathroom Decision of  August 3, 2016 September 2016 Copyright and Right to Know Law August 2016 U.S. Supreme Court…

PA State School Code Amendments – The Pennsylvania Legislature recently passed numerous amendments to the Pennsylvania Public School Code, which took effect Sunday without Governor Wolf’s signature. As part of…

For the past year, several football players in the National Football League, most notably Colin Kaepernick, have engaged in protests against racial injustice by refusing to stand during the playing…

PENNSYLVANIA CASES (4 total; 2 pending) Doe v. Boyertown Area Sch. Dist. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 5:17-cv-01249  Boyerstown Decision United States Court of Appeals…

On July 6, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied the Plaintiff’s request for a re-hearing en banc (before all the judges) of the Court’s…

Pennsylvania Supreme Court issues ruling on taxing bodies’ ability to appeal property assessments. The Uniformity Clause does not permit the government to engage in disparate tax treatment of different sub-classifications…

A recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court may clarify a question often asked by public-sector employers, specifically, whether or not a terminated employee is permitted to access and view…

Recently, Candice Jackson, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), issued a memorandum, effective immediately, changing certain practices used to investigate alleged civil rights…

Johnston v. Univ. of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth Sys. of Higher Educ. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 97 F. Supp. 3d 657 Johnston Decision 3:13-cv-00213-KRG…

Johnston v. Univ. of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth Sys. of Higher Educ. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 97 F. Supp. 3d 657  Johnston Decision Factual Background:…