{"title":"Recent case on attorney-client privilege has parallels for FERPA, disability law","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A recent Federal Court case sent shockwaves through the legal community when it decided that materials generated by artificial intelligence were not protected by attorney-client privilege. A federal grand jury indicted the defendant on multiple fraud-related charges arising from a financial services company he founded and controlled. Before his arrest, the defendant ran queries about the government's investigation through Claude, a generative AI tool created by Anthropic. The government seized 31 AI-generated documents reflecting the defendant's prompts to Claude and the tool's responses. The defendant allegedly included information he learned from his attorneys in his inputs for the AI documents. Defense counsel claimed these materials were protected by attorney-client privilege and should not be accessed by the government.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 9","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing stress at work","authors":"David C. Schwebel Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Psychologists categorize stress into two types: acute and chronic. Acute stress emerges following a particular event or situation. It is generally short term, lasting anywhere from seconds to days. An example is stress experienced the day a supervisor informs an employee she is being let go. Chronic stress, in contrast, arises as a result of multiple co-occurring stressors. It generally has a long and sometimes indefinite duration. An example may be multiple stressors associated with an institution's broad financial challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 9","pages":"8-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147562152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OCR identifies issues with accessibility","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Letter re: Bay Village City School District (OH)</i>, No. 15-24-1920 (OCR 03/05/25).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Harassment","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>An overview of the key topics faced by higher education professionals with citations to noteworthy cases, statutes, regulations, and additional sources.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reimagining leadership in higher ed: Collaboration over hierarchy","authors":"Autumn A. Arnett","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>If you’ve been in higher education leadership for any length of time, you’ve probably seen the same scene play out: a tightly controlled meeting where a few voices dominate, decisions are made behind closed doors, and everyone else is left to execute orders they had little say in shaping. It's efficient, sure, but it's also alienating. And for women leaders in particular, navigating those traditional power structures can feel like running a marathon in heels: doable, but unnecessarily painful.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 9","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OCR concerned with treatment of disabled student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Letter re: Harford County Public Schools</i>, No. 03-25-1226 (OCR 12/22/25).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules against former medical resident","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Grodman v. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center</i>, No. 5:23-CV-210 (N.D. Tex. 12/29/25).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EEOC provides guidance on telework accommodations","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Equal Employment Opportunity Office and the Office of Personnel Management have published new guidance to help federal agencies comply with President Trump's January 2025 return-to-work directive. Although the guidance is written specifically for federal employers, it offers important insights for higher education professionals — specifically those responsible for evaluating telework accommodations requests from faculty and staff.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adverse employment actions","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>An overview of the key topics faced by higher education professionals with citations to noteworthy cases, statutes, regulations, and additional sources.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"31 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}