18 Mar, 2024 Florida Settles Challenge to Education Law By Debbie Ausburn Parties challenging Florida's controversial education law have filed a notice of settlement in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals,...
16 Mar, 2024 Girls Scouts Celebrate Their History in Atlanta By Debbie Ausburn The new Girls Scouts exhibit at the Atlanta History Center celebrates the history of the organization in Atlanta. The exhibit traces...
13 Mar, 2024 Lawyers’ Toolkits Can Make Crises Worse By Debbie Ausburn A story focusing on the Mormon church’s response to child sexual abuse allegations reminds us that lawyers’ instincts can sometimes make...
11 Mar, 2024 NYC Sues Social Media Platforms By Debbie Ausburn New York City has joined the many other state and local governments that have sued social media companies. In its suit against Meta,...
09 Mar, 2024 Most College Graduates Are Underemployed By Debbie Ausburn A recent report looking at federal data on more than 60 million workers in the U.S. found that 52 percent of recent college graduates are...
06 Mar, 2024 Iowa Parents Are Not Responsible for Ordinary Risks of Life By Debbie Ausburn I learned from my colleague Tom Rawlings’ Substack that a recent opinion from the Iowa Supreme Court takes a new look at the issue of...
02 Mar, 2024 Stepparents May Have Rights to Educational Records By Debbie Ausburn One question I hear from time to time is whether schools can provide educational records to stepparents. The answer is, “Sometimes.”...
28 Feb, 2024 Texas Can't Compel Speech from Vendors Selling to Schools By Debbie Ausburn Last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a preliminary injunction against Texas' attempt to prohibit sexually explicit...
26 Feb, 2024 Don't Let Your PR Get Ahead of Your Facts By Debbie Ausburn A story from Connecticut illustrates a principle we continually tell our clients – don't let the pressure of putting out a public...
24 Feb, 2024 The Best Medicine for Depression is Exercise By Debbie Ausburn Depression among young people has become a serious problem, particularly during and after the COVID lockdowns. The good news is that a...
21 Feb, 2024 Meaning of Facebook Posts Goes to the Jury By Debbie Ausburn A Virginia judge recently denied a school board's motion to dismiss a lawsuit based on newly-discovered Facebook posts. The suit started...
20 Feb, 2024 More State Efforts to Address Children's Privacy Online: California By Mitzi Hill California is in court fighting about a draft children's privacy bill. As a stop gap while the state fights it out about that first bill,...