Administrative Leaves in the Wind: Court Holds Paid Leave is a...

School districts and other public employers often place employees on paid administrative leave while an investigation into potential misconduct is pending. Paid leave can...

Burks v. Metropolitan Council: Has the Minnesota Supreme Court Thrown Private...

A recent Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that a Metro Transit bus passenger may access the video recording of an incident in which the passenger...

Turn Your T-Shirt Inside Out: Regulating Student Speech at School

School officials who encounter students coming to school with tasteless or objectionable messages or words on their t-shirts often respond by informing students to...

A Tale of Two Data Practices: Unlike Personnel Data, Educational Data...

School districts often receive subpoenas duces tecum compelling the disclosure of protected student records as part of a legal proceeding. As just one example,...

Inextricably Intertwined: Untangling the Knot of Competing Data Privacy Interests

Last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court made waves in data practices law when it held, in Burks v. Metropolitan Council, 884 N.W.2d 338 (Minn....