10 Apr 2022 Obtaining "Confidential" Child Abuse Records (Part 2) By Tom Rawlings As I mentioned in part 1 of this brief series, attorneys, service providers, and journalists often need access to DFCS and other child...
11 Mar 2022 For Organizations Serving Children and Youth, Broad and Thorough Background Checks of Staff and Ongoing Monitoring are Essential By Tom Rawlings The New York Times told us this week about a tragic situation involving foster parents in New York City who were involved in sex...
02 Mar 2022 Principles for Dealing with Allergies in Youth Organizations By Debbie Ausburn One challenge that my clients are having to deal with more often is childhood allergies, which are increasing for reasons that no one...
10 Sep 2021 President Joe Biden’s Path Out of the Pandemic: What Employers Need to Know By Alisa Cleek On September 9, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden announced Path Out of the Pandemic, a new COVID-19 Action Plan, mandating vaccines for...
26 Aug 2021 Study About Lying May Be Based on Lies By Debbie Ausburn One of the big problems in social science research is the “replication crisis.” Many famous studies have results that later researchers...
24 Aug 2021 Guidance Counselor at Religious School Cannot Sue Under Title VII By Debbie Ausburn The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has granted summary judgment to a Catholic school that dismissed a guidance...
23 Aug 2021 CPS Caseworkers Face Manslaughter Charges By Debbie Ausburn Former CPS workers in West Virginia are facing manslaughter charges. The best I can discover, the core of the charges is that they...
10 Aug 2021 Youth Organization Must Defend Against 50-Year-Old Allegations of Sexual Abuse By Debbie Ausburn A federal judge has denied the Boys and Girls’ Club’s motion to dismiss claims against it, meaning that the case must move to discovery....
09 Aug 2021 Apple Announces New Program to Fight Child Exploitation By Debbie Ausburn Apple announced a new feature that will allow parents to activate a setting that detects nudity in images sent from devices connected to...
04 Aug 2021 University of Iowa Officials Liable for First Amendment Violations By Debbie Ausburn The University of Iowa and numerous employees are liable to a religious student organization for discrimination in violation of the First...
03 Aug 2021 Outstanding Response to A Lawsuit By Debbie Ausburn Usually when I analyze a defendant's public statements about a new lawsuit, I am complaining that the release sounds defensive and...
02 Aug 2021 Practical Support Helps Children Aging Out of Foster Care By Debbie Ausburn One of the heart-rending problems of foster care is helping children who are aging out of the system. The law considers 18-year-olds to...
27 Jul 2021 Title IX Q&A By Debbie Ausburn The U.S. Department of Education has issued a Q&A document explaining how it plans to interpret the 2020 regulations issued under Title...
26 Jul 2021 More Confusion About Mandated Reporting By Debbie Ausburn The Prosecutor's Office in Elkhart County, Indiana, has declined to proceed against three teachers who may have known about and failed to...
13 Jul 2021 British studies indicate children face low risks of severe illness from Covid-19 By Debbie Ausburn Three preliminary studies from Britain indicate that children with no pre-existing heath conditions face little danger from the...
08 Jul 2021 German Study: Masks May Be Harmful to Children By Debbie Ausburn A study published in JAMA Pediatrics recently studied the effects of masks on more than 25,000 children. Researchers measured the carbon...