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Greg Rolen discusses how Schools can cope with cyberbullying.
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The Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force, which is co-led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s...more
The FTC and Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office entered into a settlement with NGL Labs, LLC, and two of its co-founders (collectively, “NGL”), to resolve allegations that NGL violated the FTC Act, the Restore Online...more
The Pennsylvania Senate introduced a bill on June 21, 2024 to launch a pilot program to regulate the use of cell phones by students in public schools. A similar bill was introduced in the PA House in February 2024. The...more
In the unpublished (non-precedential) decision of K.E.M. v. S.R.A., the Appellate Division used the trial court’s findings to reinstate a Final Restraining Order (“FRO”) based on the predicate act of cyber harassment....more
Before last year’s legislative session came to a close, New Jersey’s State legislature was busy passing significant laws that will change how the family court system in New Jersey operates. One of those changes was the...more
Social media has become a prevalent part of people’s lives. Many people post about how great their life is or about the good things that their children do (guilty as charged.) Others debate politics. Some post pictures of the...more
“Are we Dating the Same Guy” groups on Facebook are everywhere. If you’re single and dating in 2024, chances are, you or someone you know is a group member. The groups, which started in New York City in 2022, serve as a...more
On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision that underscores the importance of ensuring proper steps are taken when Title IX complaints are first received by a school for sexual...more
Schools across the county use a myriad of different surveillance technologies, including school communications monitoring, online monitoring, web filtering, weapon detection systems, and remote video monitoring. According to...more
Given that social media and the Internet have a significant influence on various aspects of students’ lives, it is unsurprising that they also play a role in the occurrence of hazing too. Hazing no longer occurs behind closed...more
Social media platforms have become an integral part of our daily lives, enabling us to connect with friends, family, and communities worldwide. However, the openness of these platforms also exposes users to the risk of...more
The Singapore Parliament recently passed the Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA), which targets online content or activity that is criminal in nature or used to facilitate or abet crimes. The Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA)...more
THE SUPREME COURT’S 2021 DECISION IN MAHANOY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT V. B.L. The Sixth Circuit’s first ruling on a First Amendment student speech issue since a landmark Supreme Court case in 2021 has arrived, marking the...more
The organizers of the French Open have adopted a unique approach to protect the competing athletes from cyberbullying and harassment – and the steps they take could teach employers some lessons on how to combat cyberbullying...more
This week, the Court considers when the First Amendment limits the ability to discipline students for private off-campus speech. The Court holds that a public school may, consistent with the First Amendment, discipline...more
The UK is reportedly considering legislation that would impose a ‘duty of care’ on social media companies to regulate harmful content on their platforms. This push for an online safety bill was triggered by the high-profile...more
Riot Games’ (Riot) team-based, first-person-shooter game, Valorant, has received mixed emotions upon its announcement that it will monitor the game’s voice chat. Team-games especially benefit from players being able to...more
North Carolina AG Josh Stein and Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch led a bipartisan coalition of 44 AGs in calling on popular social media applications TikTok and Snapchat to strengthen internal parental content controls and content...more
As of October 1st, 27 new bills from the 2021 Legislative Session have taken effect. A number of bills passed during the 2021 Florida Legislative session were effective upon approval by Governor DeSantis, and many others took...more
In mid-2019, a group of corporate employees based in Silicon Valley launched a months-long campaign of online harassment, threats and physical surveillance targeting a middle-aged couple living near Boston, Massachusetts, who...more
Social media has transformed how we interact online and engage with our communities with the average person spending over six hours a day online. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen an even greater increase...more
WDNY Follows Other New York Courts Holding That COVID-19 Losses Are Not Covered- The insured operated a martial arts and fitness business in Buffalo, New York, that sustained losses in revenue when its business closed...more
Greg Rolen partner in school districts and education law at Haight Brown & Bonesteel talks about the obligations and responsibilities of schools and school administrators when navigating roadmaps to stem cyberbullying and...more
Spotlight - Burr & Forman Represents Coastal Carolina University in Title IX Defense Verdict - Jim Gilliam and Hunter Freeman successfully represented Coastal Carolina University in a five-day federal jury trial...more
Dans l’affaire Caplan v. Atas (l’« affaire Caplan »), le juge Corbett de la Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario (la « Cour ») a accueilli les requêtes pour jugement sommaire et jugement par défaut des demandeurs après en...more