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 district 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:
Construction
Labor and employment
Land use, growth management, and environmental work
Effective 27 June 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is a new law that closes a gap in coverage under federal law for pregnant and postpartum workers and applicants.
Although still in their infancy, a growing number of recently-filed lawsuits associated with generative artificial intelligence (AI) training practices, products, and services have provided a meaningful first look into how US courts may address the privacy, consumer safety, and intellectual property protection concerns that have been raised by this new, and inherently evolving, technology.
Ransomware attacks and cyber data theft are an unfortunate fact of life for businesses. Whether through attacks targeting individual companies or widespread campaigns carried out by exploiting vulnerabilities in third-party software, such as the 2021 SolarWinds attack and the recent MOVEit hack, cyber criminals are engaging in more frequent and more sophisticated cyber extortion schemes.
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