Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 13 Jun 2016
In a much-publicized ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court has held that school board members who make a decision about a school-related matter " in a…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 16 May 2016
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has previously signaled its position on the rights of and protections for…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 4 May 2016
On May 3, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in White v. King that Ohio’s Open Meetings Act “prohibits any private prearranged discussion of…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 15 Apr 2016
In March 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that former U.S. Senator Larry Craig…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 2 Mar 2016
On February 11, 2016, a three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision that upheld Ohio’s system for electing…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 1 Feb 2016
On December 30, 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court held that all property owned by a public board of education is exempt from taxation, regardless of…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 15 Jan 2016
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that its Office for Civil Rights has entered into a Resolution Agreement with an Illinois school…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 17 Dec 2015
Today, candidates across Ohio filed petitions to run on Election Day in 2016. Of course, the 2016 presidential election has been making news for…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 3 Nov 2015
In one of the first federal court rulings on a hotly debated issue, a district court in Virginia has dismissed a transgender student's claim under…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 24 Aug 2015
Earlier this summer, the Ohio Supreme Court decided the case of State ex rel. Schiffbauer v. Banaszak and determined that where a private…