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Guarding The Schoolhouse Gate: Protecting The Educational Rights Of Children In Foster Care, Amy Reichbach, Marlies Spanjaard
Guarding The Schoolhouse Gate: Protecting The Educational Rights Of Children In Foster Care, Amy Reichbach, Marlies Spanjaard
Faculty Publications
Children in foster care encounter numerous obstacles to educational success. Among these is exclusion from school, the significance of which cannot be overstated. Multiple studies have revealed both anecdotal and statistical links between suspension and failure to graduate. Recognizing that children have protected interests in their education, in 1975 the United States Supreme Court established that students facing even short suspensions from school are entitled to due process. Children in foster care, however, are rarely in a position to ensure that their due process rights, including the right not to be excluded from school arbitrarily, are protected adequately. Given the …
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act & Government Contractors: Compliance Trends & Collateral Consequences, Jessica Tillipman
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act & Government Contractors: Compliance Trends & Collateral Consequences, Jessica Tillipman
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
As Government contractors expand their business overseas, they expose themselves to the risk of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the high sanctions that accompany those violations. Given the nature of a Government contractor’s business, they are naturally at greater risk of violating the FCPA than those companies that do not interact with Government officials on a regular basis.
This article begins by providing an overview of the FCPA and a review of recent FCPA enforcement trends, and then considers the collateral consequences of a violation of the FCPA by Government contractors. In addition to fines, penalties, and …