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This Law School Is Hitting the Road—On a Seven-Person Bike

Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law is the first university program in the United States to obtain a conference bike, which seats seven and lets groups conduct meetings as they cycle around town.
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Legaltech News

Coding Abilities Becoming Valuable to Lawyers as Blockchain Tech Develops

Opportunities for lawyers with a firm grasp of technology are most robust in areas related to compliance or incident response. Hands-on experience with computer programming and coding could become more valuable to attorneys as legal blockchain technologies develop over the next five years.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Death of NJ Woman in College Eating Contest Prompts Civil Suit

The mother of a 20-year-old New Jersey native who died after taking part in a school-sanctioned pancake-eating contest in March 2017 has sued the Connecticut university, arguing the contest was a "terribly dangerous idea."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

'This Deal Has Been Complex From Day One': Holland & Knight Guides FIU Student Housing Deal

Two Miami attorneys helped close the $48.6 million University Bridge site sale and negotiate $228 million in bond financing.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Panel Recommends that Former Penn State GC Be Cleared of Alleged Ethics Violations

A panel appointed by the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Oct. 26 reccomended that former Penn State general counsel and Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Baldwin be cleared of any ethics violations in connection with the investigation of former football coach Jerry Sandusky.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Michigan State University GC Ensnared in Ethics Debate Over Outside Counsel Firing

Michigan State University's general counsel and the law firm initially retained to represent seven employees facing a class action lawsuit in the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal are trading conflict of interest accusations over the GC's firing of the firm. The tangled situation presents a lesson for GCs involved in similar ones.
5 minute read

Law.com

Ex-Law Student Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking Georgetown Admissions Interviewer

Ho Ka Terence Yung faces up to five years in prison for online harassment against a Georgetown University Law Center alum who interviewed him for admission and determined that the candidate had performed poorly.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Universities Sue DHS, Immigration Services Over Trump Administration Re-Entry Policy

The policy, universities and students argue, is "intentionally designed to impose tens of thousands of reentry bars on F, J, and M visa holders each year."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

UT Austin Hooks a New GC

James “Jim” Davis, deputy attorney general for civil litigation in the state AG's office since January 2015, will begin serving as the school's vice president for legal affairs on Nov. 19.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Opponents of Choir College Sale Deem Grewal 'Necessary Party' in Dispute

A lawsuit over Rider University's planned sale of Westminster Choir College has drawn in Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to take a stand on the ongoing dispute over the pending deal.
4 minute read

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