by pddg_admin | Apr 20, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
DWK’s Special Counsel R. Peter Rittling has been honored by the Justice and Diversity Center (JDC) of The Bar Association of San Francisco with an “Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service Certificate” for his volunteer work in 2014. For nearly a decade, Mr. Rittling...
by pddg_admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
School districts and community college districts regularly receive public record requests for legal services invoices. While many agencies have taken the position that the invoices are protected from disclosure, there has been little case law on point. On Monday, a...
by pddg_admin | Apr 13, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
The California Supreme Court has ruled that when allocating classrooms to a charter school under Education Code section 47614 and applicable regulations (“Proposition 39”), a district must base its ADA/classroom ratio on the number of classrooms at the...
by pddg_admin | Mar 23, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
he U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and Department of Justice issued joint guidance, reminding state and local educational agencies of their obligations to students identified as English learners. Along with the joint guidance, the DOE released resources to help...
by pddg_admin | Mar 5, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
PERB has held that a standard, boilerplate directive prohibiting employees from contacting others during an employer’s ongoing investigation unlawfully interferes with the employees’ protected rights under EERA to communicate about working conditions....
by pddg_admin | Feb 18, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
DWK looks forward to being a part of the 36th Annual C.A.S.H. Conference on School Facilities, taking place on February 23-25 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Please join our attorneys at the following workshops: Monday, February 23 – Janet Mueller and...
