Litigation

3rd Circuit Upholds Ban on Coach's Pre-Game Prayer
In Borden v. School District of the Township of East Brunswick, (3d Cir., April 15, 2008), the U...

3rd Circuit Rules Coach's Prayer Violates Establishment Clause
High school football coach Marcus Borden filed suit challenging his school district's policy prohibiting him from participating, even silently, in student-led team prayers...

Watch Out for the ?Bow Police?
Borden v. School District of the Town of East Brunswick, 06-3890 (3rd Cir., April 15, 2008) This Third Circuit decision addresses a high school football coach?s challenge to the school district?s restrictions on his ability to pray with his players...

Borden v. East Brunswick School District: Clarifying First Amendment Jurisprudence in the Public School Context
When does a public school employee cross the line between acceptable ?supervision? of student prayer sessions and impermissible ?participation?? Is the line crossed if a high school football coach takes a knee and silently bows his head with his players as they pray before taking the field? According to the District Court for the District of New Jersey, the answer is no.

When is Prayer Student-Initiated?
A few more thoughts on the majority-rule commencement prayer concept being used by a Louisiana school district...

Public School Football Coach Cannot Join Players In Prayer, Says Appeals Court
A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that a New Jersey high school football coach cannot participate in pre-game prayer activities with his players...

F-1 Visas
Visas for Foreign Students

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He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

Can police do this? entering a property and look over a fence?
If the officer was looking over the fence in the line of duty (checking on the n...

I was fired on June 3, 2002 in Massachusetts because I reported discriminatory behavior by the employer towards a particular nationality. In July I filed a discrimination/retaliation complaint against the employer with t
It seem sin your case that the fact you filed the complaint prior to being dissa...

What is your biggest challenge with (professional) networking? Thoughts? Ideas? Rants?
Finding those who want you have....

I am a 30% partner in six (6) Pennsylvannia Subchapter "S" corps... with 2 other parners. They are falsely accumulating a high interest loan(note) from our partnerships "due" to the 2 of them. Could they legally come aft
If your "partners" are shown to usurping corporate opportunity, self-dealing, an...

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

School Racism
School District pays $250,000 in racial harassment settlement.

Ellsworth School District
4.4% increase in salaries as part of contract settlement.

The Plainfield School District
$10,500 settlement resolves eminent domain dispute.

Locker Room Hazing
School district to pay $567,500 settlement in harassment lawsuit.

Teachers Paid
LA School District pays 8% interest to teachers for payroll problems.