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SEC Reporting Update - December 2024

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Insider Trading Policies. As previously discussed in our Winter 2022-2023 Corporate Communicator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules in December 2022 relating to insider trading policy...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Recommendations for DEI Programs in the Wake of Recent Federal Court Decision Findings on Diversity Initiatives

On June 3rd, 2024, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision, American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management Fund, LLC, et al, that impacts considerations for how diversity, equity and inclusion...more

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Social Media Posts by Government Officials: Traps for the Unwary After Lindke v. Freed

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Everyone on social media at some point has to figure out how they’re going to use it. Will their account be public?  Will they post information about family? Current events? Religion? Politics? If the account’s not open to...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Public Official’s Use of Social Media May Trigger First Amendment Scrutiny

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The U.S. Supreme Court has established guidelines for determining when a public official’s use of a private social media platform such as Facebook, X or Nextdoor constitutes public speech that cannot be censored. State and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SCOTUS, First Amendment and University of Alabama

Rodney Keister was challenging the University of Alabama’s grounds use policy, which requires individuals to obtain a permit before speaking publicly on campus. In his arguments, Keister asserted that the space he was using...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Federal Circuit Court Addresses Student Athlete Misconduct Issues (Part 1)

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has published a significant ruling addressing college student athletes’ First Amendment, procedural due process, and Title IX rights. The case, Radwan v. Manuel,...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Key Court Decisions Address Issues Concerning the Application of Title IX

Professor’s Classroom Speech Deemed Protected - In a case involving questions regarding the application of Title IX to classroom instruction, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reasoned that a university’s gender-identity...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Politics And The Workplace – Employers, Do You Have A Policy?

Employers and human resource professionals find themselves increasingly dealing with workplace strife caused by political and societal differences. When society is polarized on politics, so too are employees. Many...more

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Balancing Hospital Visitations and Religious Freedoms During a Pandemic

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On October 20, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) settled two religious discrimination complaints involving access to clergy during the Public Health Emergency. Both complaints arose from a hospital’s failure to permit...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Social Unrest, the COVID-19 Pandemic and School-Required Masks: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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With many public schools back in session, there is a new must-have accessory for students: masks. Outside of school, many have used this new and highly visible accessory to express personal beliefs, some of which are...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Agency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et a l.

On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Agency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al., No. 19-177, holding that Congress may lawfully condition...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Creation of Fake Online Accounts to Study Algorithmic Bias Does Not Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, D.C. Court Rules

A federal judge recently held that researchers who violate a website’s terms of service by creating fake online accounts in order to study algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence software do not violate the Computer Fraud...more

Franczek P.C.

Gotta' Have Faith in Schools? Per Guidance, Sometimes the Answer Is Yes

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The White House recently announced two initiatives aimed at addressing perceived discrimination in education against students and institutions based on religion. We address one of those initiatives—proposed regulations aimed...more

Littler

Board Overturns Purple Communications, Restores Employer Right to Restrict Email Use

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On December 17, 2019, in a 3-1 decision split along party lines, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) restored to employers the right to restrict employees from using company email systems for nonbusiness purposes.  The...more

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NLRB Reverses Purple Communications – Holds Employer May Restrict Employees’ Use of Email and Other Information Technology Systems

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On December 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) ruled that an employer’s rule prohibiting use of its email system for nonbusiness purposes did not violate employees’ rights under the National Labor...more

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College Cleared in Due Process Challenge Because Student Failed to Participate in Offered Process

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In a case that serves as a healthy reminder of the importance of drafting and abiding by clear disciplinary policies, an Illinois Appellate Court recently held that a College did not violate a student’s due process rights...more

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OCR Quietly Updates Case Processing Manual, Bringing Big Changes For Schools

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On November 20, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the second round of revisions to its Case Processing Manual (CPM) in 2018. The CPM outlines the procedures OCR uses to...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Ninth Circuit: No “Amen” To School Board Invocation - Prayers Violated First Amendment

A public school board’s policy and practice of opening its public meetings with invocation was struck down by a federal appeals court. In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Chino Valley Unified School District Board of...more

Genova Burns LLC

Corporations and the 2016 Federal Election: Do You Know What Your Employees Are Doing?

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As the 2016 presidential primary season proceeds, we are quickly approaching the summer conventions and the November presidential election. With the political contests becoming more heated, this post is part of a new series...more

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