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...
by pddg_admin | Nov 6, 2012 | Legal Developments and News
Leaders of San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD) and San Jose Teachers Association (SJTA) announced their agreement last week on a unique and innovative evaluation and compensation system. Over the past two years, Gregory J. Dannis of Dannis Woliver Kelley (DWK)...
by pddg_admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Legal Developments and News
LABOR’S LESSONS By Gregory J. Dannis ACSA’s 2011 Symposium for Negotiators Keynote Presentation Over the last 30 years, I have negotiated between 600 to 1,000 contracts for districts as small as one school of 25 students to those with hundreds of schools and over...
