As technology advances, public agencies are increasingly relying on websites, software, digital applications, and social media pages on various platforms to provide access to their services.
On April 23, 2024, the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (Department), made significant changes to its regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The United States Supreme Court finally resolved a split between the circuits by articulating a new test which aims to preserve the right of public officials to remain private persons, even when they create content on social media which implicates their public persona.
In Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. D.A. (9th Cir. 2024, No. 23-55351), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in an unpublished decision that the school district had no obligation to convene an annual individualized education plan (IEP) meeting when the parents of a parentally-placed private school (PPPS) student who had previously received special education and related
As the July 1, 2024 deadline quickly approaches, this is a reminder of the obligations related to preventing and responding to workplace violence placed on all employers, both public and private, by Senate Bill (SB) 553.
On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published new guidance on workplace harassment, entitled “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.
Assembly Bill (AB) 413, effective January 1, 2024, restricts vehicles from parking, stopping, or standing within 20 feet of an intersection or 15 feet of a curb extension at an intersection.
On April 19, 2024, the United States Department of Education (Department) released new and much-anticipated regulations under Title IX (2024 Regulations). Title IX is the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally-funded educational settings, such as school districts and community colleges (referred to as "Recipients").
On April 17, 2024, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held, in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri (2024) 601 U.S. __ [144 S.Ct. 967], that an aggrieved employee who was transferred to another position need only suffer "some harm" in an employment discrimination case brought under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.