He'd represented a grade-school autistic student who sued the Manhattan Beach Unified School District and the California Department of Education for failing to provide him with an appropriate education, including extra reading instruction.

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GuardianEdge data protection solutions have been deployed by leading organizations including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lincoln Financial Group, and The Hertz Corporation as well as numerous government agencies including the U.S. departments of Veteran Affairs, Defense, Energy, State and Education and the California Department of Healthcare Services.

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On July 15th, the office of civil rights in the Department of Education advised Richard Atkinson, the president of the University of California, that it was investigating the effect of the regents' ban on preferences in the university's nine campuses.

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Sarah Eichhorn, from the University of California, Irvine's maths department, said this represented an "online education milestone" which would put such maths courses in reach of students around the world.

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