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Harvard's Top Lawyer to Retire After Three Decades With University

Diane Lopez has helped guide the university through a broad range of matters, from its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to its ultimately unsuccessful fight to preserve affirmative action in college admissions.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Massachusetts High Court Justice Resigns to Become GC of Alma Mater

David Lowy will succeed Gerry Leone as general counsel of the 74,000-student UMass system. He will succeed Gerry Leone, who is stepping down after six years to return to private practice.
1 minute read

Law.com

Nance Named Permanent Dean of U of A Law

Nance has served the university for nearly 30 years, and "her experience within the School of Law and the university, as well as her expertise in legal education and respect of the bench and bar, is unmatched," Provost and executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs Terry Martin said.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Supreme Court Considers Arbitrator's Authority to Demote School Administrator

"It was appealed, and the Appellate Division overturned the arbitration award, essentially saying that the arbitrator exceeded his authority by demoting Ms. Sanjuan," Lester E. Taylor III, a partner with the Taylor Law Group, said. "It was also very troubling because on remand, the Appellate Division limited the arbitrator's power, role and responsibility pursuant to statute in reconsidering the penalty."
5 minute read

Law.com

Duke Law School to Benefit From $100M Award to University

"The funds [$5 million for the law school], which are split between current use and endowment, will support the operation of our 12 clinics, which provide hands-on learning to students while helping to serve the unmet legal needs of North Carolinians," a Duke Law spokesperson said. "About 60% of students enroll in at least one clinic or externship during their three years at Duke Law In practice areas including health law, entrepreneurship, wrongful convictions and immigration."
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

House Lawmakers Tour Parkland Massacre Site, Promise Action

Freshman Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who organized the congressional tours, hopes visiting the building will create momentum to pass measures that will prevent mass shootings.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$1.3M in Attorney Fees: Norton Rose Fulbright Secures Win for Baylor University

"The documents Hemotek relies upon do not demonstrate active attempts to commercialize any particular invention that would satisfy this definition.," the AAA panel said about Hemotek's breach of contract claim.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

New Hearing Sought in Lawmaker WOKE Act Subpoena Fight

The dispute about the subpoenas involves whether lawmakers are shielded from turning over documents by what is known as "legislative privilege."
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Amid Facebook Posts About Sex Ed, No Imminent Threat Means No Injunction

The plaintiff wrote on Facebook that teachers were "talking about their sexual life with my kids, and looking for affirmation."
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Hartford Sued After Teenager Dies in Gym Class From Fentanyl Overdose

"We think what the school did is wrong," Joaquin Madry said. "They failed to supervise him, and allowed him to lay out on a mat, and he was not given the proper medical treatment he should have received, which we believe would have kept him alive."
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