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By Allison Dunn | May 10, 2024
"It's only after a year and a half of investigation, more than $1 million in attorney time, it took to develop and find the information that's pled in our complaint, and to bring this case before this court," Susman Godfrey partner William Merrill told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 1, 2024
"The concern, of course, is that institutions, given a choice, will offer processes that are less robust. But this could be shortsighted on the part of institutions as fewer protections for accused students will inevitably lead to more litigation, which could lead to greater cost for institutions," Patricia Hamill, a member at Clark Hill, told Law.com.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 1, 2024
"The concern, of course, is that institutions, given a choice, will offer processes that are less robust. But this could be shortsighted on the part of institutions as fewer protections for accused students will inevitably lead to more litigation, which could lead to greater cost for institutions," said attorney Patricia Hamill.
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By Colleen Murphy | April 22, 2024
"We may find in the courts that the battle is playing out more than we have seen in the past because, obviously, this is a new demand on universities and how they approach that may differ. That is always fodder for litigation, and for good reason," said Cori M. Smith, an associate and member of Reed Smith's higher education team.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 29, 2024
It's one of the first times a theory of reverse redlining, an illegal and discriminatory practice of targeting a particular neighborhood or group for credit on unfair terms, has been put to the test in the educational sector, Lila Miller of Relman Colfax told Law.com. Typically, reverse redlining is often seen in connection with home mortgages or with car loans.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 27, 2024
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 27, 2024
"I urge the court, there are a myriad of cases cited here, to please follow the verbs," counsel to the plaintiff, Richard I. Scharlat, a partner with Fox Rothschild said. "All the verbs talk about selection, appointment, the right to hire and fire. The verbs really do not extend to a defamatory statement post employment."
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By Lindsay Burrill-VanDellen | March 13, 2024
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration implemented a program that would have brought significant financial relief to millions of borrowers across the nation. But instead, Biden v. Nebraska struck down the program and further unveiled a U.S. Supreme Court willing to engage in questionable legal analyses and stand in the place of other branches of government to garner an outcome favorable to its own political ideologies.
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By Ross Todd | March 8, 2024
A federal judge in Chicago last week gave preliminary approval to three more settlements in the price-fixing case being handled by Bob Gilbert of Gilbert Litigators & Counselors, Ted Normand of Freedman Normand Friedland, and Eric Cramer of Berger Montague.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | March 4, 2024
"It is certainly not unusual for Attorney General Paxton to bully public educators to promote his personal agenda," education law attorney Dennis J. Eichelbaum said.
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