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Federal Judge Finds That Special Education Advocates Can Be Liable Under Attorney’s Fees Provisions of the IDEA and Awards Local...

A ruling by the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) has clarified that school divisions have the legal right to seek attorney’s fees from special education advocates who repeatedly engage in frivolous or improper challenges....more

WDVA Holds that Victim and Accused are not “Similarly Situated” in a Title IX Equal Protection Claim

In a recent education law decision, the Honorable Norman K. Moon of the Western District of Virginia dismissed the equal protection claims of a plaintiff, the accused, who alleged that under Title IX, he had not been afforded...more

Virginia's "Collateral Source Rule" Applies to Breach of Contract Matters

In negligence actions, Virginia has long adhered to the “collateral source rule” which holds that payments received by an injured plaintiff from a source other than the tortfeasor/defendant are not deducted from the damages...more

Court Refuses to Allow EU Privacy Laws to Shield U.S. Company from Discovery Obligations

A federal court in Michigan recently became the latest court to weigh in on the extent that litigants could rely on European Union data laws to shield them from producing documents in U.S. litigation. The United States...more

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