These days, school districts are facing a diverse set of legal challenges from freedom of speech to collective bargaining to the due diligence process. Our experienced School Districts lawyers provide a full range of legal services to address these challenges, drawing on broad experience gained over more than 90 years of counseling school districts and school boards in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
Our lawyers are committed to public education. We have served on school boards, advisory committees, boards of trustees, and other public education organizations, and have been proactive on many school levy and bond campaigns. Our involvement in various aspects of public education means that we can communicate effectively with the school districts and the students and the communities that they serve. No matter what the challenge, we consistently deliver reliable, experienced legal services.
Our school district lawyers provide counsel related to the diverse legal needs of our clients, including matters involving:
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The year 2025 saw significant regulatory activity in the realm of digital assets. The US Congress and financial regulators took steps to create and implement a clear legal framework to facilitate financial transactions using digital assets, and they will continue to do so in 2026.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) has released its latest regulatory flexibility agenda—the public list of rules the agency expects to propose or adopt in the coming year (the SEC 2026 Agenda).
Starting on 30 June 2024, with the application of the first of two introduction phases of the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets across all member states of the European Union, the EU has introduced for the first time a harmonized regulatory framework as well as accompanying passporting rights for service providers of the crypto-asset market, affecting both traditional institutions of the financial sector and new players emerging in the crypto-ecosystem.
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