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What Does the Vergara Decision Mean for California Schools?

by pddg_admin | Jun 11, 2014 | Legal Developments and News

As a follow-up to our announcement yesterday regarding the ruling in Vergara v. State of California, below is the link to DWK’s Sue Ann Salmon Evans’ video discussion of the Vergara decision. The 15-minute video explains the decision and what we can expect...

Vergara v. State of California: Court Strikes Down Teacher Protection Statutes

by pddg_admin | Jun 10, 2014 | Legal Developments and News

Stay tuned tomorrow for a video from DWK’s  Sue Ann Salmon Evans, who acted as counsel for defendant Los Angeles Unified School District, explaining how the ruling will affect California schools. The Los Angeles Superior Court held that nine California public...

Greg Dannis Gives Keynote Speech at ACSA’s 2014 Symposium for Negotiators

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...

Ninth Circuit Upholds Expulsion of Student for Threats Sent from Home Via Social Media

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...

Government Code Claimant Must Serve the Proper Person to File a Valid Claim

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)...

Change in Bid Threshold for Contracts

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...
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