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New Jersey Law Journal

Professor With Alt-Right Views Not Protected by First Amendment, NJ Fed Judge Rules

NJIT said its personnel "were forced to divert their focus from NJIT's educational mission in favor of addressing voluminous complaints about Jorjani."
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Law.com

On Eve of Title IX Effective Date, 11th Circuit Blocks Biden Administration's New Rules From Going into Place

"It is frustrating for clients. They are in an impossible situation of uncertainty and are potentially wasting resources in terms of getting ready to comply with regulations that might never come into effect," Sam M. Schwartz-Fenwick, a partner in Seyfarth Shaw's labor and employment department and co-leader of the firm's cultural flashpoints team, told Law.com.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

FTC, For-Profit Online Education Group Reach $43.5M Agreement After Consumer Protection Suit Filed Monday

Just one day after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a false advertising lawsuit against an online educational institution headquartered in Georgia, the government indicated that the parties agreed to settle the case for $43.5 million in student debt and refunds.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Rejects Florida's Request to Block New Title IX Rule

Rejecting arguments by Florida and three other states, a federal judge in Alabama on Tuesday refused to grant a preliminary injunction against a new…
2 minute read

The Recorder

Federal Ruling 'Sets Precedent' for 'Trap and Trace' Software Class Actions in Calif.

"It's the first case effectively saying that software on a website can violate the Trap and Trace Law," said Robert Tauler, an attorney at Los Angeles firm Tauler Smith, who is representing the plaintiff.
3 minute read

Law.com

Bad Optics to Hire a White Man? Manager Says He Was Fired for Hiring Caucasian

"If somebody said to him, 'You're being terminated because you're a white guy, we don't like the optics that you hired another white guy.' If I were representing the employer, I would not want my client making a statement like that if they're terminating somebody," said employment lawyer Julie Levinson Werner, who is not involved in the case.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$1.3M Stolen From Seton Hall Law School: Ex-Assistant Dean Pleads Guilty

"The genesis of most fraud schemes happens when people have access to money they believe they are entitled to, and no one will notice it's gone," FBI Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy said.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Indifference Is Complicity': Hate Speech Must Be Countered

The First Amendment has worked for centuries because despicable and hateful speech has been countered and overridden by rational and moral discourse. As lawyers and citizens, we need to stay that path.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Kafkaesque Experience': Lawsuit Claims Loan Servicer 'Failed' Teachers Seeking Forgiveness

The lawsuit alleges that the servicer has created "unprecedented backlogs of borrower complaints" through "dysfunction and poor customer service."
2 minute read

Law.com

Former Harvard Women's Ice Hockey Coach Sues University Alleging Gender Bias, Unfair Pay

Stone alleged that her compensation rate was between $50,000 and $100,000 less than her male counterpart, which Harvard claimed was "because he [meaning the male head coach of the men's ice hockey team] has to make quicker in-game decisions."
5 minute read

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