In a recent opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit spelled out what an employee must prove to establish whistleblower retaliation under the federal grant and whistleblower statute.

On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a consolidated opinion in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, holding by a 6-3 majority that states may limit women’s and girls’ sports teams to biological females under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitut

In Voice of San Diego v. San Diego Unified School District (2026) 120 Cal.App.5th 923, as modified (May 27, 2026) , California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal held the California Public Records Act (CPRA) does not impose a fixed deadline such as “days or a few weeks” for agencies to produce requested records.

Schools cannot be sued for emotional distress under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but they may still face financial liability.

As reported in 2025 Client News Brief Number 61, this past December, in what is now referred to as Mirabelli v. Bonta, the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, granted summary judgment in a class action and issued a permanent in

In its recent decision in Thompson v. Central Valley School District No. 365 (9th Cir. 2025) 163 F.4th 654, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a U.S. District Court ruling that Central Valley School District (CVSD) had demonstrated that a former middle school assistant principal’s speech would reasonably cause disruption in the workplace and undermine CVSD’s interest in cre

On January 15, 2026, in City of Gilroy v. Superior Court (2026) 19 Cal.5th 38, the California Supreme Court clarified that enforcement orders under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) are not limited to compelling the production of improperly withheld records.