by pddg_admin | Jan 22, 2014 | Legal Developments and News
NEGOTIATIONS: A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE By Gregory J. Dannis ACSA’s 2014 Symposium for Negotiators Keynote Presentation About six months ago, I was exploring the basement of my house. The floor is rough concrete and sometimes when it rains, little streams and rivers...
by pddg_admin | Sep 5, 2013 | Legal Developments and News
In Wynar v. Douglas County School Dist. (9th Cir. 2013) — F.3d —-, 2013 WL 4566354, a Nevada high school student sent a number of increasingly violent and threatening instant messages via social media to his friends. In the messages (apparently sent from...
by pddg_admin | Jan 10, 2013 | Legal Developments and News
The California Supreme Court recently held that service of a Government Code claim upon a responsible official of the public entity, but not the proper statutory officer, is insufficient under the Government Claims Act. (DiCampli-Mintz v. County of Santa Clara (2012)...
by pddg_admin | Jan 9, 2013 | Legal Developments and News
Effective January 1, 2013, the new bid threshold for school districts, except for construction projects, is $83,400. The new bid threshold for community college districts has not been announced yet. Historically, the bid threshold is usually the same as for school...
by pddg_admin | Jan 9, 2013 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal recently held that a public entity may not withhold attorney billing records under the California Public Records Act (“CPRA”) pending litigation exemption unless those records were specifically prepared for use in litigation. (County of...
