With the recent conclusion of her promotional appearances for the Beautiful Country book tour, our own Qian Julie Wang began throwing herself into the role of Managing Partner for Gottlieb & Wang. Qian Julie has been developing ideas for reviving our Private School Spotlight program.
Read MoreIn my last post, I talked about how some laws have a claim exhaustion requirement. Claim exhaustion refers to the idea that a suing party must try all of the available remedies for one law before they sue under another law. In the IDEA’s case, that means parents have to take their case all the way to an independent hearing. That hearing’s outcome could put an end to the litigation — before other laws like the ADA could be invoked.
Read MoreWe’ve been scooped! On the day this newsletter was set to go out, the Supreme Court handed down the decision in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools. The justices voted unanimously in favor of the student and his right to sue under the ADA — without exhausting his IDEA claims.
Read MoreGottlieb & Wang is expanding! We’ve opened an office in Manhattan in order to better serve our clients there.
When we were first planning to open our doors in 2017, we decided to locate our office in Brooklyn Heights, which was convenient to multiple subway lines — but most importantly, within easy walking distance of the Impartial Hearing Office.
Read MoreWhen the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) took over most hearings at the DOE, it promised that it would stick to timelines. We thought that was promising, but it quickly turned into a case of, “Be careful what you wish for.”
Read MoreWe recently lost a long-treasured and appreciated colleague at the DOE implementations unit, who has picked up sticks and joined OATH as a hearing officer. We wish him all the best.
In his absence, implementations have slowed to a crawl.
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