U.S. District Judge Dismisses U.S. Government’s Athletics-Related Title IX Case Against California
Title IX guidance has boomeranged for years under different administrations, including on the specific protections surrounding gender identity. In 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order threatening to withdraw federal funding from educational institutions that base eligibility for participation in athletics programs on gender identity as opposed to biological sex.
On September 30, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1961, authorizing changes to Code of Civil Procedure section 527.8 to address a common problem for employers: threats directed at a group or worksite as a whole rather than at particular staff members.
Suitably for this time of year, a legal specter from the past has returned once again to haunt school district facilities improvement programs across California. An opinion from the California Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District (Davis v. Fresno Unified School District (Cal. Ct. App., Oct. 22, 2026, No. F089619) (Davis IV) has invalidated a lease-leaseback cont
On September 18, 2026, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1187, an urgency statute that immediately removed several of the translation requirements imposed by SB 707 at the start of 2026, while retaining SB 707’s core remote-participation and public access requirements for certain “eligible legislative bodies.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently upheld that a public school employee’s speech falls outside First Amendment protection when it occurs within the course of performing their official duties and is directed at students.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that the Government Claims Act (GCA) preempts administrative procedures enacted by local public entities for tax refund claims because the California Legislature enacted the GCA to ensure uniform treatment of claims for money or damages throughout the State.
UPDATED: This Client News Brief has been revised to reflect the changes enacted by AB 2467 signed by the Governor on September 27, 2026. Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 126, the 2026 Education Omnibus Trailer Bill, on July 9, 2026. Among other provisions, AB 126 makes substantial changes impacting charter school authorizers, including changes affecting audit proced
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.
Starting January 1, 2027, employees of school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, educational joint powers authorities, and community college districts (CCD) will have access to fully paid pregnancy disability leave for up to 14 weeks in addition to existing leaves for related purposes.