James T. HamJames T. Ham has been appointed director of the Office of Internal Affairs at North Carolina Central University. He has held senior leadership positions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Peace Corps. Ham holds a bachelor’s degree in middle grades education from North Carolina Central University and master’s in…
Every day, Americans benefit from consumer-friendly technology that has radically improved every aspect of their lives. But these benefits have lagged in healthcare due to its distinct complexities and challenges. In Zocdoc’s nearly 17 years, we have seen waves of digital health entrants come and go. In fact, 90 percent of health-tech startups have gone…
The Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) at the University of Utah is admitting its first cohort of fifteen degree-seeking students incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility. Dr. Hollis RobbinsUPEP’s inaugural cohort represents “a bold expression of University of Utah President Taylor Randall’s commitment to unsurpassed social impact in our state and region,” said Dr….
Donors appreciate the convenience of making online contributions, and this trend shows no signs of slowing down. According to the Blackbaud Institute, online giving saw an increase of 8% in 2022 and 12% in 2023. To participate more fully in online giving, your website is your most crucial asset. And your website’s most important asset…
During the pandemic, one of the partners I used to work with sent out an all-attorney email asking if anyone currently represented any business trying to resist the mandatory shutdown orders. Another partner, quick on the “reply all” button, responded, “God, I hope not.” It turns out another person on the email chain was indeed…
Apparently it’s not constitutional to order a company to take “anti-discrimination” classes from a recognized hate group. Who knew? Certainly not Judge Brantley Starr, the Trump-appointed Northern District of Texas judge who ordered Southwest Airlines to take classes on how to avoid discrimination from the Alliance Defending Freedom — the same people helping bigoted website…
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) When ProPublica first reported that Clarence Thomas had taken half a million in gifts, it turns out they had only scratched the surface. New financial disclosures and some number-crunching from Fix the Court show that Thomas has taken over $5 million in gifts and likely gifts. Meanwhile, Ketanji Brown Jackson…
Partners are the life blood of Biglaw. They are, you know, partnerships, and the rainmaking partners bring the clients to the firm that the rank and file bill. So, when a firms finds itself on the losing end of some poaching, it’s not a good thing. When that happened to Paul Weiss in August 2023,…
(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Steve Bannon would like to stay out of jail, please. In July of 2022, the putrefying podcaster was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied subpoenas for documents and testimony from the January 6 Select Committee. Judge Carl Nichols stayed the four-month sentence pending appeal, finding…
Ensure Users Always Log In to the Correct Account Vendors have made AI available in multiple forms so anyone with a consumer account can access some version of their tools. But for maximum data protection, higher education institutions should require users to operate under the enterprise account. These licenses sit under a university’s core…