by pddg_admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
1. San Bernardino County v. Superior Court (2015) ____ Cal.Rptr.3d ____ [2015 WL 4882569] 2. Colonies Partners, L.P. v. Superior Court (2015) ____ Cal.Rptr.3d ____ [2015 WL 4882566] In two separate decisions, based on the same facts, the appellate court held...
by pddg_admin | Aug 21, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
Starting January 1, 2016, school districts using the lease-leaseback project delivery method must: (1) comply with mandatory prequalification requirements, regardless of funding source, and (2) meet escalating skilled labor requirements. As discussed below, these...
by pddg_admin | Aug 12, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
School districts are often confused about the proper procedures for agendizing a closed session meeting with legal counsel on matters related to pending, potential, or threatened litigation. In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal rejected a hyper-technical reading...
by pddg_admin | Aug 5, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
Last Friday, a California Court of Appeal held that inadvertent disclosure of privileged records by a school district responding to a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request did not waive the confidentiality of those records. (Newark Unified School District v....
by pddg_admin | Jul 15, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
Continuing its recent trend of weighing in on questions surrounding the California Public Records Act (CPRA), last week the California Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the need for public agencies to disclose billing invoices provided by outside...
by pddg_admin | Jul 2, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
In a recent decision, Westchester Secondary Charter School v. Los Angeles Unified School District(June 19, 2015, B261234) ___ Cal.App.4th ___ [14 C.D.O.S. 6555], the Court of Appeal recognized that Proposition 39 is not intended to put charter schools in a privileged...