Special Education Tip – Even the Notes are Under the Microscope – 141 – 2020
Rochelle’s Special Education Tips Even the Notes are Under the Microscope IEP teams sometimes receive communications from parents and/or their attorneys and advocates who differ with the [...]
Special Education Tip – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – 140 – 2020
Rochelle’s Special Education Tips Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door An IEP team meeting may not be your idea of heaven, but there are some things that can make it more heavenly. For [...]
Special Education Tip – This Belies Credulity – 139 – 2020
Rochelle’s Special Education Tips This Belies Credulity And Why Are People So Angry? This picture is from a recent IEP team meeting held in Carroll County. Staff at the school took the [...]
Montgomery County Council Passes CROWN Act – What Does That Mean For Employers?
By: David Burkhouse, Esquire On November 5, 2019, the Montgomery County Council unanimously passed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act which prohibits [...]
PK Law’s Education Group in Full Force at MNS Fall Conference
PK Law’s Education Group was proud to sponsor and present (and eat some crabs!) at the Maryland Negotiation Service (MNS) Fall Conference. Maryland Negotiation Service (MNS) is an affiliate [...]
Employers Have Until January 1, 2020 to Comply With New DOL Overtime Rule
By: Paul M. Finamore, Esquire On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule to update the salary thresholds necessary to qualify as exempt employees: [...]
A Wave of New Maryland Laws Affecting Employers Crashing as Early as June 1
By: Andrew Scott, Esquire The Maryland General Assembly recently enacted legislation that will begin impacting employers as early as this summer. Effective June 1, 2019, Maryland’s minimum wage [...]
PK Law Member Rochelle Eisenberg Appointed to OAH Advisory Council
Congratulations to PK Law Member Rochelle Eisenberg on her gubernatorial appointment to the State Advisory Council of Administrative Hearings. Ms. Eisenberg is a Member of PK Law and practices in [...]
Special Education Tip – I Want Everyone In My Child’s Class To Be Like My Child – 126 – 2019
Rochelle’s Special Education Tips I Want Everyone In My Child’s Class To Be Like My Child How often does an attorney or advocate (or parent) argue that a child needs to be in a nonpublic [...]
Five Questions with Edmund J. O’Meally, Member, PK Law
Edmund O’Meally, Chair of PK Law’s Labor, Employment and Education Group For more than 30 years, Edmund O’Meally has worked closely with superintendents, boards of education, private [...]
