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Leigh Cole serves as instructor for NACUA’s online course on Immigration
Leigh Cole once again is serving as an instructor for an online course for the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA). Since 2011 Ms. Cole has co-instructed NACUA’s course “Immigration Basics for Colleges and Universities” with Michael Pfahl, Associate Counsel, Kent State University. NACUA’s online courses offer in-depth coverage of important issues in MORE >
Leigh Cole elected to Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)
Leigh Cole has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA). NACUA is the premier organization in the field of higher education law and a primary source of information on legal developments facing colleges and universities. MORE >
Leigh Cole represents the firm at the annual meeting of the Employment Law Alliance in Shanghai
The Employment Law Alliance (ELA) held its 2017 annual meeting in Shanghai, bringing together representatives of ELA member firms from jurisdictions around the world. The ELA provides multi-state and multi-national companies seamless and cost-effective services worldwide. ELA membership is driven by quality – both as professionals and individuals. The ELA boasts more Chambers-ranked firms than MORE >
Must your website be ADA-compliant? Trump administration remains mum
Kendall Hoechst, Amy McLaughlin, Editors Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington by Kendall Hoechst Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires most businesses that offer goods or services to the public to make those goods and services equally available to disabled consumers. Plaintiffs’ lawyers, lured by the availability of attorneys’ fees under MORE >
Best Lawyers Recognizes Twelve Dinse Attorneys
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew announces that twelve of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in eighteen different practice areas. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive MORE >
What Vermont employers need to know about DACA
Leigh Cole, Editor Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington by Leigh Cole Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has been front-page national news for several weeks, since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on September 5 that DACA is being phased out. As of this writing, under the new policy, DACA approvals will begin to expire MORE >
2nd Circuit: Employers must respect employees’ FMLA rights
Kienan D. Christianson, Maggie Platzer, Editors Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington by Kienan D. Christianson When an employer is deciding whether to terminate an employee for poor performance, can it use the fact that she exercised her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) against her? The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of MORE >
Dinse welcomes new attorney
Dinse, is pleased to announce that Daniel R. Sharpe joined the firm as Of Counsel in May. Mr. Sharpe will be working with the firm’s employment practice group, advising clients on employee benefit plan design, administration, and compliance, ERISA, and executive compensation. Mr. Sharpe has considerable experience in all aspects of employee benefits law. Much of MORE >
Looking ahead: Immigration & international programs under the Trump Administration
President Trump’s recent Executive Order 13769 (EO) on immigration caused tumult for many colleges and universities when it was implemented. With more than 20 lawsuits challenging the EO, on Feb. 9 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a national temporary restraining order (TRO) granted by U.S. District Court in Washington state. While this is MORE >