A pending case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit may have a direct impact on Connecticut Schools’ ability to discipline students for speech that occurs via social media. By way of background, schools in the United States have historically been able to restrict the free speech rights of their students in a more intrusive manner than in society as a whole. Generally, schools have the right to prohibit or restrict [...]

The Trump Administration announced plans this week to shift administration of education programs from the Department of Education (DoED) to other federal departments – and eventually close DoED for good. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said on Tuesday that these changes are needed to “break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states” and “refocus education on students, families and schools.” What do higher education institutions need to know about these [...]

In a recent Bloomberg Law article, Partner David Gringer discusses the shifting antitrust landscape for colleges and universities under the Sherman Antitrust Act. He examines how the outcomes of a number of recent antitrust cases indicate this ongoing evolution, and how higher education institutions can proactively prepare for similar cases in the future. Excerpt: "These cases suggest that practices once considered standard in higher education are now vulnerable to antitrust scrutiny under the Sherman Act. Moreover, the courts’ willingness [...]