The Minnesota Supreme Court held Wednesday that public universities can restrict the speech of students in “professional programs” when the program has rules consistent with established professional standards.
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Minnesota Supreme Court rules against college student in off-campus speech case
Update: The Court has ruled against Amanda Tatro, holding that "a university may regulate student speech on Facebook that violates established professional conduct standards," where the restrictions on speech are "narrowly tailored and directly related to established professional conduct standards." They declined to apply either Hazelwood or Tinker. SEE OUR NEWS FLASH FOR DETAILS ON THE DECISION-------------------We're expecting a significant court decision tomorrow morning (Wednesday) on the First Amendment rights of college and university students, particularly when posting about their schools on social media.The case involves Amanda Tatro, a former mortuary sciences student at the University of Minnesota who posted comments on Facebook about "playing" with a cadaver in her anatomy class and wanting to stab someone with an embalming tool.
N.Y. legislature passes cyberbullying bill
Acyberbullying bill that could give schools new authority over students’off-campus Internet posts is on its way to Gov.
Ohio Supreme Court rules some OSU football investigation records can remain private
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Ohio State University to hand over some – but not all – of the documents requested by ESPN in 2011 in relation to the NCAA’s investigation of former football coach Jim Tressel.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: College trustees’ business is everybody’s business
The emerging storyline at the University of Virginia's board of visitors -- with back-room duplicity that would be more at home in "Game of Thrones" than in Mr. Jefferson's stodgy academic preserve -- is a stark reminder of the breadth of college trustees' authority.
Court: Voter registration applications must be made public
Voter registration applications are public documents, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Texas teaching hospital loses latest legal bid to keep public records concealed
Even by the standards of opaque government agencies, Dallas' Parkland Hospital is in a class by itself.
Seattle college paper returns to print four years after censorship controversy
Four years after its print edition was canceled, The New City Collegian is back in business — for one day, at least.On Tuesday, the student newspaper at Seattle Central Community College published its first print edition since 2008, when it found itself at the center of a national censorship debate that resulted in the elimination of all funding for the newspaper and the resignation of the faculty adviser.The newspaper has been operating as an online-only publication since that time.
Tide rolled — Eleventh Circuit’s trademark ruling lets artist continue using Alabama sports logos, images
A federal appeals court's ruling in favor of a commercial artist who sells drawings of iconic University of Alabama sports moments is a helpful reminder that trademark law rarely can restrict the journalistic or artistic use of corporate insignias.Monday's ruling from the 11th U.S.
Using corporate records to check up on campus contractors
Colleges spend billions annually contracting with private vendors to supply everything from staplers to stadiums. At times, colleges have been caught steering their purchases to politically connected vendors, or those with ties to campus insiders, instead of going after the best quality and price. And at times, colleges have failed to do their homework on vendors that turned out to be unsavory. That’s where you – and public records – come in.