The has been and continues to track changes to the laws protecting disabled children, special-education students, Regional Center consumers, and IHSS recipients. While the below is guidance and not intended as legal advice, it should...
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A boy’s desk placed over a toilet raises discrimination concerns
A middle school in Washington state recently made headlines for setting up a school restroom as a learning environment for a student with special needs. The 11-year-old’s mother asked the school to provide her son, who has autism, a quiet place to do his...
The benefits of hiring a special education law attorney
Special needs students require precisely that: special needs. These students perform differently than children who are not on the spectrum. They can't be taught and disciplined in the same manner. Doing so can cause problems. Special needs children require specific...
Strategies for confronting cyberbullying with your child
Social media and the internet can provide a place of inclusivity and positivity for children with special needs and learning disabilities. However, it can also provide a convenient venue for cyberbullying. As a parent, you may wonder what you can do.In today's world,...
Leigh Law Group obtains temporary restraining order for a young autistic man to run track
Sometimes it's the relatively small victories that are the most satisfying. The ones that go unnoticed by the wider world but which make a tangible, enriching difference in the life of a disabled person. recently had one such victory...
In Daubert v. Lindsay Unified School District (9th Cir. - July 25, 2014) 1:09-cv-1463 GSA, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the school district’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff claimed that the school football field public...
Leigh Law Group, with co-counsel, files class action for refinery workers
Violations Alleged on Behalf of Thousands of Employees San Francisco, California, September 10, 2014: A class action lawsuit filed on Wednesday accuses Timec Company, Inc. dba Transfield Services ("Timec") of failing to pay basic minimum wages to workers who work as...
Important things to know when hiring a special education attorney
We at the know hiring a special education attorney can be (wait,... is) daunting. You have to face trusting your child, that precious gift that changed your life more than any one single thing, to someone you only barely know....
Leigh Law Group partner Mandy Leigh argues case before 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
founder and partner Mandy Leigh recently argued before the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a longstanding special education case raising issues of first impression in the Ninth Circuit.Any appearance before a Ninth...
Leigh Law Group notches win for federal employee
The , with offices in Marin and San Francisco, recently prevailed on a motion to adjudicate a Title VII race discrimination claim before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The case thereafter settled with a...