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Ruiz & Sperow's quarterly Newsletters feature articles on important trends in the areas of Employment, Labor, and Education Law on a rotating basis, as well as a survey of notable legal decisions in the quarter, keeping you up to date with the law. We also provide practical tips for both public and private employers in our "Employers' Checklist"corner.

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Summer 2008

In this issue:

•Beware of Bullies in the Workplace and in School
  -Bullying at Work
   -Bullying Between Peers at  School
•The Political Use of District's Mailboxes
•Fourth Amendment Issues:
  -Strip Searches
  -Cell Phone Searches
•New Law Allows Leave for Military Families
•Legal Obligations Regarding Hidden Disabilities
•The Need for Title IX Compliance Audits
•Firm Updates   
  -NBC Anti-Gang Roundtable
  -Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Spring 2008

In this Issue:

•Supreme Court Decides Two Key Discrimination Cases

•Trend Watch

  -Strip-Search Decision Ninth Circuit

  -Employee on Medical Leave May Seek Other Employment

 -Acts Outside Statute of Limitations May Show Discrimination

•Employers' Checklist: Vacation Policies

Winter 2008

In this Issue:

•Student Discipline & Cyber Speech

•Trend Watch

•Speech in the Public Sector

•Public Records Act: New Disclosure Requirement

•Year in Review: Disability Law

•Employers' Checklist: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training