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Daily Business Review

UF Rejects White Nationalist Event Request

University of Florida's president calls out the "racist rhetoric" of organizer Richard Spencer.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Governor, U.S. Attorney, GSU to Host 'Released' Premiere

The premiere, which will be followed by a panel discussion including some of the people who appear in the 45-minute documentary.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

A Mere Teen, This Young Man Is Heading to Law School

Thousands of new students are flocking to law campuses across the country this month to kick off their legal careers. It's safe to say that most all of them can legally order a beer at the bar. Not Boca Raton's Aaron Parnas.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

College Sexual Misconduct Investigation Policies in a State of Flux?

New Board of Regents policies come on the heels of proposed legislation in the last session of the Georgia General Assembly that would have required Georgia colleges to report potential sexual misconduct felonies to a campus law enforcement agency or other appropriate law enforcement agency—rather than undertake an investigation on its own.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Audit: Ex-GC May Have Altered Public Papers Criticizing Her

As general counsel at the University of Florida, Jamie Keith may have altered and withheld requested public records and unlawfully used university funds to pay for outside legal counsel, an internal audit has found.
10 minute read

The Recorder

Lawyers and Grads Plea: Lower the Bar Exam 'Cut' Score

Lawyers and law school graduates pleaded with California state bar officials on Monday to support adoption of a lower passing score on the bar exam.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Austin Federal Judge Orders Baylor to Turn Over Pepper Hamilton Investigation to Plaintiffs

An Austin federal judge has ordered Baylor University to turn over to 10 female plaintiffs suing the school materials related to a Pepper Hamilton investigation that concluded that its administrators failed to protect women from sexual assault.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Conn. Supreme Court Backs $41.8M Award for Student Infected by Tick

The court, in response to questions from a federal appeals court, found "there was no compelling reason to create an exception in this case" for the generally understood obligation schools have to protect students.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Purcell v. Reading Sch. Dist., PICS Case No. 17-1235 (Pa. Commw. July 14, 2017) McCullough, J. (24 pages).

Trial court erred in affirming school board's termination of a school superintendent because the impermissible commingling of investigative and adjudicatory functions by the board raised serious constitutional concerns as to the required due process in administrative proceedings. Reversed in part and affirmed in part.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

McCabe v. Marywood Univ., PICS Case No. 17-1231 (Pa. Super. July 18, 2017) Shogan, J. (13 pages).

Trial court properly sustained university's preliminary objections in appellant nursing student's action for damages after she transferred to another school because there was no breach of contract where nursing program was fully accredited at all relevant times and appellant was offered the opportunity that she claimed was contractually required, to graduate from a fully accredited nursing program. Affirmed.
3 minute read

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