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  • January 26, 2012 3:25 PM
    Suit Alleges Violations of California Education Code A lawsuit recently filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) accuses the district of breaking California state law by failing to take student achievement into account during teacher evaluations. Filed by educational reform advocates in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of the parents of six LAUSD students, the suit also originally named the teachers’ union and . . .
  • January 19, 2012 1:19 PM
    Prayer Banner Still Hangs on Cranston West High School Wall The prayer banner that has graced Cranston West High School for nearly five decades still hangs on a wall of the school. Although the banner is now covered, the Cranston School Committee put off making a decision about what to do with it at a meeting following a court order to remove it. A rally that had been planned . . .
  • January 11, 2012 9:10 PM
    NLRB Rules Against D.R. Horton: Employees May Join Class Action Lawsuit In what may be a critical landmark in the struggle for employee rights, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) heard a case involving an arbitration agreement requiring employees of a homebuilder to agree to give up their right to join in a class action suit and deemed it an unfair labor practice . . .
  • January 4, 2012 6:47 PM
    Who Owns Your Twitter Account? Although Twitter may have started out as a social networking tool, more and more businesses are using it as a marketing tool. A lot of people have Twitter accounts that they think of as a tool to promote their own careers. Sometimes, in the process of promoting their careers, they may do a little cross-promotion for their employer. After all, if it’s good for the company, it’s good for the employee, usually. “A rising tide lifts all boats,” to quote John F. Kennedy. But if you use your Twitter account to promote your company as well as yourself, then who owns the account?
  • December 21, 2011 1:19 AM
    Happy Holidays The Sylvester Oppenheim & Linde Team Wish You and...

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