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...
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...
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...
