Coronavirus in the Workplace - December 1, 2020
When Sick Leave Runs Out—Managing Employee Absences and Balancing Legal Obligations
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 99: Tips for Taking an Online Bar Exam
Nota Bene Episode 90: U.S. Q3 Check In: Stimulus, Relief, Election, and Direction with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer
How School Reopening Plans May Affect Paid Leave for Working Parents and Employers by Judy Garner
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 96: COVID-19 Bar Exam Update - July 2, 2020
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 254: Starting Law School Successfully During a Pandemic
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 252: Navigating the Law School Landscape in Light of COVID-19 (w/Anna Ivey)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 249: Changes to the LSAT Due to COVID-19 (with Steve Schwartz)
Law School By Laptop
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 242: COVID-19 Considerations for (Potentially) Incoming 1Ls
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 240: Transitioning to Open Book Take-Home Exams
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 236: Coping with COVID-19 in Law School
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, hundreds of lawsuits (many styled as class actions) have been filed by college and university students seeking tuition and fee refunds due to campus closures during the Spring 2020 semester....more
Massachusetts colleges and universities received some good news recently as Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill that limits their liability for certain tuition and fee refund claims arising from the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Early Saturday morning, after 15 rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif. 20th District) finally clinched the speaker’s gavel and swore in members of the 118th Congress. The Republican-led Congress ushers in a new period of...more
College life was just one of the many things affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools around the country were forced to close academic buildings, residence halls, and other campus facilities and to pivot to online...more
The legal aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic will be surfacing for years to come. But for those waiting for pendent-appellate jurisdiction and Rule 54(b) sightings, a recent Court of Appeal opinion combines appellate...more
The Government of Canada announced yesterday that Monday September 19, 2022 will be a National Day of Mourning in Canada, to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, on the date of her funeral in London, United Kingdom. ...more
As Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth, the monarch of Britain is its head of state and is represented by the Governor General of Canada, who is appointed by the sitting Prime Minister....more
We write this one day after former Secretary of Education made a speech advocating abolition of the U.S. Department of Education; a department she headed for 47 months during the previous administration. So, yes, we do live...more
The Ninth Circuit on June 15, 2022 issued its long-awaited en banc decision in Brach v. Newsom, holding that the challenge to the California’s Covid-19 restrictions on in-person schooling is now moot. The appeal arose from a...more
On January 3, 2022, the Ontario government announced a number of restrictions in response to climbing COVID-19 case numbers and increased hospitalizations. Effective January 5, 2022, the province is temporarily returning to a...more
On October 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) commenced the first of five negotiated rulemaking sessions. The five sessions are focused on the federal student financial aid programs authorized under Title IV of...more
Under Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s Executive Order 21-15, the state of public health emergency due to COVID-19 will continue in Oregon until December 31, 2021, unless the governor extends the deadline or terminates the state...more
Last week, ISBE published long-awaited guidance related to remote learning for the 2021-2022 school year. We have been anticipating this guidance since early in the summer when ISBE announced that school would, with limited...more
Incredibly, COVID-19 has now impacted a third school year. Working parents were previously able to rely on the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to take leave in the event of school closures and/or...more
According to UNESCO, concerns related to COVID-19 led to school closures that impacted nearly 80% of the world’s student population. School closures led many universities to move away from in-person learning towards remote...more
Earlier last week, on June 1, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker re-issued and amended Executive Order 2020-47 to provide more flexibility to preK-12 schools seeking to offer full-time in-person instruction. The order allows...more
On May 13, 2021, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights published a Q&A on Civil Rights and School Reopening in the COVID-19 Environment. ...more
In Washington: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for youth who are 12 to 15 years old. The recommendation came hours after the Advisory Committee on...more
The COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave statute was signed into law a month ago and, despite a FAQ issued by the California Labor Commissioner, employers were faced with uncertainty as to whether their employee’s leave...more
The education industry, like many others, saw a fundamental shift in 2020 as remote learning challenged some of the long-held traditions of institutions, educators, and related companies. From federal support of reopening...more
In Washington: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed confidence Wednesday that the U.S. can spend trillions more in upcoming legislation following this month’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. In testimony before...more
Attendance Limitations on Houses of Worship Enjoined In Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo, 983 F. 3d 620 (2d Cir. 2020), the court of appeals reversed two district courts and ruled that an executive order that limited...more
In Washington: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their new guidance for opening schools. The new social distancing guidelines say that students attending in-person instruction only need to stay...more
In This Issue: Overview of the new COVID-19 stimulus bill, federal agency nominations, how states across the country are addressing learning loss as a result of the pandemic, and McGuireWoods Consulting's new private equity...more
In Washington: The House is expected to take a final vote on Wednesday morning to pass the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. The House received the bill and processing papers from the Senate on Tuesday morning. After the...more