For the convenience of our Technology Pool Counsel subscribers, we have compiled a list of our most-requested policy recommendations. Below you'll find suggested guidelines for everything from record retention to device usage and electronic permissions. If you have a suggestion for something you don't see listed here, contact Technology Pool editors Karl Romberger or Mark Cheramie Walz.
Karl Romberger recently developed a CLE course entitled “How to Use Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16,” that was presented by the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Andy Faust recently presented at the Lehigh University College of Education Special Education Law Symposium, a conference he attends annually.
A significant practice area of Sweet Stevens Katz & Williams is the defense of various employment matters both in court and in arbitration. Some recent successes are shared.
The United States Department of Education recently released its annual Office of Civil Rights report. The number of complaints made to OCR in 2015 was 10,392 - the most ever in a one-year period.
Are emails educational records that parents can request at will?
Mark Cheramie Walz was interviewed on WITF's "Smart Talk" radio on a recent ruling that said a student could be punished for comments made outside of school on social media.
LGBT is a growing issue in schools. The firm offers some background on this issue as it relates to Title IX and the recent ruling in G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board.
Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams LLP is again playing a major part in the upcoming Lehigh University 44th Special Education Law Conference.
Sweet Stevens attorneys are slated to speak at one of the featured programs of the 2016 conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Service Administrators.