Here is a compendium of current issues that affect Ohio’s public entities, plus McGown & Markling news of note.
Can you avoid granting a nonteaching employee a continuing contract if you re-employ him under a one-year limited contract pursuant to a settlement agreement after the employee has been nonrenewed? The answer is “no” according to a 2-1 decision by the Eleventh District Court of Appeals in the case of Brannon v. Lakeview Local School […]
Matthew John Markling has yet again been selected by his legal peers as among The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Education Law. McGown & Markling is very proud to have our managing director and co-founder included in the 22nd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. For over a quarter of a […]
At its meeting on April 8, 2016, the Ohio Board of Building Standards adopted a rule approving the use of “a device by a staff member of a public or private school or institution of higher education that prevents both ingress and egress through a door in a school building, for a finite period of […]
In the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Assn., 578 U. S. ____ (2016) an equally divided United States Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of a federal appeals court upholding agency fees for nonunion members. At issue in Friedrichs was the continued validity of “agent shop” agreements, which empower public employers to require that employees […]
In the case of Brooks v. Skinner, S.D.Ohio 1:14-cv-412, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140546, three biracial students sued the school board and its employees for racial discrimination and harassment. The students alleged that they were subjected to racial epithets on a daily basis and that the school personnel were indifferent to that harassment. A federal […]
In the case of a potential landmark decision, a federal district court in Connecticut ruled that “employment discrimination on the basis of transgender identity is employment discrimination ‘because of sex’ and constitutes a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.” In Fabian v. Hosp. of Cent. Conn., No. 3:12-cv-1154 (D.Conn. March 18, 2016), […]
McGown & Markling is very proud to remain among the select few law firms to receive a Tier 1 Ranking by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in “Education Law” for every year since the ranking began – including 2016. Firms included in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional […]