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State Supreme Court Rules School Board Must Consider Self-Defense in Student Fight Case

After three-and-a-half years of litigating, the Henry County Board of Education will have to take another look at its decision to expel a student for fighting and consider her claims of self-defense.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Horrific' Storm Shutters Houston-Area Law Schools

The city's three schools are closed, and likely will remain so for the rest of the week as flooded waterways turn streets and freeways into rivers.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dear Client, I'm on Vacation. So Bug Off.

Who wants to read serious, long-winded pieces about the legal profession in late August? No one. Certainly, not moi. So here's the beach edition of the latest news
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Law Grad From Washington and (Robert E.) Lee Who Pushed for Changes Says 'Don't Be Afraid'

Clashes over Confederate monuments have reached a fever pitch in the wake of the violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, during a white nationalist rally two weeks ago, and attorney Dominik Taylor knows firsthand how emotionally charged the debate can be.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Estate of Paterno v. NCAA, PICS Case No. 17-1279 (Pa. Super. July 25, 2017) Stabile, J. (36 pages).

Trial court properly held that university was not law firm's client in action over discovery of documents task force used in preparing a report but erred in holding that work product doctrine did not protect attorneys' interview notes because protection of mental impressions was unqualified and court denied appellant's application to discontinue the appeal. Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Howell v. Millersville Univ. of Pennsylvania, PICS Case No. 17-1280 (E.D. Pa. July 27, 2017) Leeson, J. (7 pages).

Professor's ADEA claims against faculty members in their official capacities were not barred by sovereign immunity or the ADEA, in his action against faculty and university for age discrimination and retaliation for a Title IX report and for critical remarks about the university, but his retaliation claims failed to state a plausible claim for relief because the time line did not support a connection between his acts and the alleged retaliation. Motion to dismiss denied in part and granted in part.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida State Seeks Dismissal of Library Shooting Lawsuit

Florida State University is asking for a lawsuit filed by a former student paralyzed in a 2014 shooting at the university's Strozier Library to be dismissed, asserting the school is not liable for the "action of a madman."
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

University of Florida's Law School Raised $4.5M Since May; Money to Fund Scholarships

About half the entering class of the University of Florida's Levin College of Law is receiving scholarship money this year, after an alumnus' $1.5 million fundraising challenge turned into a $4.5 million windfall for scholarships.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

In College Sexual Misconduct Cases, Many Confuse What 'Due Process' Means

As the law and DOE guidance expressly provide, schools must respond to sexual misconduct complaints by weighing the cases parties present equitably, never presuming falsehood from either side, always affording each the same procedural protections, including the right to access evidence, to rebut statements made against them, and to choose advisers.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Montclair State Gets Go-Ahead for Traffic Controls

Montclair State University may be relieved of its obligations to further attempt to coordinate traffic improvement plans on an adjacent access road with neighboring Clifton Township and Passaic County, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Wednesday.
3 minute read

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