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New Jersey Law Journal

Claim Against School Curtailed in Suit Over Fatal Amusement Park Accident on Class Trip

In a suit over a child's fatal accident, an amusement park operator may not seek indemnification from the charter school that organized the outing, but it can seek a verdict allocating fault to the school, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Pillsbury Hires Biotech Firm COO in Austin, Was Former University of Texas GC

Barry Burgdorf, former GC of The University of Texas System, left a job at a venture capital company in Dallas to return to firm life in Austin.
7 minute read

The Recorder

United States ex rel. Hoggett v. University of Phoenix

9th Cir.; 14-17492 The court of appeals dismissed an appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The court held that relators’ motion to stay entry of judgment…
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judicial Education Center Opens With $7.5M Gift and Help From Pa. Law Schools

The nine law schools in the state are teaming up to teach the law, but don't expect to see introductory classes like torts or contracts on the course list.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Cyber Victims Defense Clinic to Launch at California Irvine School of Law

The clinic will provide free legal and technical help to those who were victimized by cyberattacks, such as the elderly and other at-risk groups.
3 minute read

The Recorder

UC Berkeley and Big Law Give Minority Entrepreneurs a Boost

A new program provides legal assistance to underrepresented groups seeking to launch startups.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Famous Football Underdog Inspires Litigator to Write Book

David Marmins of Arnall Golden Gregory and Steven Feit have co-written "Appalachian State Silences the Big House," which recounts the stunning upset by the Appalachian State University football team over the University of Michigan Wolverines in 2007.
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Teacher Deserved Hearing Over Alleged Demotion, Court Rules

A Philadelphia School District teacher should have had a district hearing before his transfer from a high school to middle school science teaching position, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Are Asian-Americans Fed Up With Law?

The Glass Ceiling, the Bamboo Ceiling, the Rice Swamp: If you follow the progression of Asian-American lawyers, you've probably heard those terms. They describe a troubling trend: While they are swelling the nation's top law schools and the junior ranks of Big Law, Asian-Americans are rare birds in the top echelons of the profession.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Upper Merion Area Sch. Dist. v. Teamsters Local #384, PICS Case No. 17-1121 (Pa. Commw. June 23, 2017) Wojcik, J. (23 pages).

Trial court properly denied school district's petition to vacate an arbitration award reinstating school bus driver after she was terminated for testing positive for amphetamines during a random drug test because the arbitrator found that the drug ingestion was a single "misadventure" not likely to be repeated, there was no evidence that she was impaired and there was nothing in the CBA to limit arbitrator's authority to modify discipline Affirmed.
3 minute read

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