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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge: ADHD Did Not Cause Student to Assault Classmate

A student with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who seriously beat a fellow student in the lunchroom did not commit the assault because his condition made him do it, a federal judge has ruled.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Agrees to Record $27.5M Settlement With Sex Abuse Victims

In one of the biggest settlement agreements reached in New York for survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn has agreed to pay $27.5 million to four persons who alleged they had been abused as children by a volunteer at the St. Lucy-St. Patrick's church in Brooklyn, the plaintiffs' lawyers in the case said Tuesday.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

High School Student's Free Speech Suit Puts Anti-Bullying Law Back Under Microscope

A case pending in federal court in New Jersey, lodged by a student who was disciplined for using a derogatory term for police during class, has reignited a long-simmering debate over the free speech implications of the state's anti-bullying law.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What You Need to Know About Changes to the Pa. Public School Code

On June 22, Act 44 was enacted containing, among other things, new school safety provisions that have immediate requirements of schools across the state as they start the new school year.
5 minute read

Law.com

Multistate Bar Exam Scores Sink to 34-Year Low, Pass Rates Sag

Upticks in the average MBE scores in July 2017 and 2016 had fueled hopes of a recovery in bar exam pass rates, but the latest figure indicate otherwise.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Do Schools Have an Increased Responsibility to Prevent Violence?

Basic rules, codes of conduct and discipline, are areas in which we accept that our schools will act with authority as surrogates for the benefit of our children. Both to maximize the learning taking place, but also the very safety of our children.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

BAR REPORT - As mock trial season kicks off, long-time volunteer recalls his experience

After 22 years, Gary D. Thompson is retiring as one of the longest serving mock trial coordinators in the state.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Michigan State Gives Low-Key Response to Latest Nassar Rape, Cover-Up Charge

A lawsuit filed earlier this week alleges that MSU did not fulfill its duties under Title IX to report a sexual assault allegedly committed by Nassar in the 1990s.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Backs Student Suspension in Sexual Harassment Case

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected arguments by Jeffrey Koeppel that the Valencia College had violated his First Amendment and due-process rights and the federal education law known as Title IX, which addresses discrimination based on sex.
4 minute read

Law.com

Trump Watch: Jeff (Sessions) Jabs at Judges + Returning to Those Trump Tax Returns

The attorney general also took fresh swipes at what he described as “activist” judges using injunctions to block enforcement of the president's executive policies.
6 minute read

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