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Berkeley Law Taps Big Tech, Law Firms and ACLU to Design New AI LLM Program

Berkeley Law's newly launched AI-focused master of laws degree program will address the emerging technology's impact on law, policy and regulation.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Anti-Zionism Getting the Poor Treatment It Deserves in Campus Anti-Semitism Cases

Courts are beginning to render decisions in the wave of cases filed following universities' widespread failure to protect Jewish students from discrimination after the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel, and the early verdict is encouraging.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Says University of Miami Should Face Discrimination Case by Ex-Department Chair

"Defendants often file motions to dismiss the case at the outset of a case as standard practice. But here, there really wasn't a great basis to do so, and the court understood that and issued the right opinion in terms of moving forward," said Sanford Heisler Sharp chair David Sanford, lead attorney for the plaintiff.
4 minute read

Law.com

Judge Sides With Study Abroad Organization, Dismissing Student's Refund Request After Program Changes During Pandemic

A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a college student's request for a partial refund after a European study abroad program was cut short because…
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Imperfect Game: What a Former NJ Judge's Class About an Infamous Pitching Call Can Teach Litigators

"In the history of our law, there are so many cases where precedent began with a loss and a dissent, and even though it did not change something at that moment, it created a building block," former Ocean County Superior Court Judge Lawrence R. Jones said.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Glen Mills Schools Mass Tort Gets New Bellwether Dates After Pause in Trial Schedule

The first trials in the program had initially been scheduled to kick off earlier this summer, but those proceedings were put on hold while the parties engaged in court-ordered mediation.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Veteran Professor Seeks $2.5M In Compensatory Damages in Discrimination Suit Against Texas Southern University

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in federal and state courts.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

As Student Workers Unionize in Droves, NLRB Tries to Prevent Colleges' Privacy Concerns From Slowing Momentum

A college's duty to furnish student information to a union "runs headlong" into its duty to preserve confidentiality of student information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, according to Joshua Nadreau, a regional managing partner at Fisher & Phillips.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge OKs Student's Title VI Discrimination Retaliation Claim Against University of Pennsylvania

"We are pleased that the court agreed that the claims in this case should move forward. We are looking forward to pursuing these claims further in discovery to so we can address UPenn's discriminatory actions, which have negatively impacted the education and future of a bright student," said the plaintiff's attorneys, Kristen Mohr and Andrew T. Miltenberg of Nesenoff & Miltenberg.
5 minute read

Law.com

'Learn to Live in the Gray Area': Schools Across the Nation Face Patchwork Implementation of New Title IX Rules as School Year Begins

"There are certain things in the 2024 rule that, even if you are not adopting, the institution might still want to implement. Things like student training or employee training are needed to put yourself in the best position to defend against any potential Title IX actions. But it is still unclear, and I think we will have to learn to live in the gray area," said Scott Goldschmidt, a partner with Thompson Coburn in Washington, D.C.
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