When colleges and universities were first forced to go virtual in 2020, there was a scramble to get everyone online. And while those early virtual meeting rooms performed adequately under the circumstances, they were hardly operating as robust learning platforms. However, they were ideal for figuring out what worked and what needed improvement to support…
17 April 2024 McCarthy Tétrault LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 22, the National Assembly passed Bill 42, An Act to prevent and fight psychological harassment and sexual violence in the workplace (hereinafter “Bill 42“), which has since been…
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The House education committee continued its inquiry into antisemitism at colleges Wednesday as Republicans grilled leaders from Columbia University. Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia, along with other university officials, testified in front of the House…
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by American Lawyer, which Biglaw firm had the greatest increase in its revenue per lawyer last year? Hint: This firms RPL increased an astonishing 82.58%.The firm’s suit against Fox News certainly helped the staggering increase. See the answer on…
Dr. Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. — remembers the joyful opening of the LGBTQ+ Resource Office on the main campus of Prairie View A&M University. It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. March 2024 – A leniency procedure has been in place in Ukraine for many years. However, available data suggests it has been severely underutilised. A recent first stage of competition law reforms in Ukraine introduced, among other…
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) We do not have to address every high-profile case percolating in lower courts, and there are usually many good reasons not to do so. — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in dissent in Labrador v. Poe, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, wrote that the Supreme Curt needs to back off its…
Lisa Marie L. FerrellLisa Marie L. Ferrell has been appointed associate vice chancellor for university communications and marketing at North Carolina State University. She served as Lenovo’s communications officer for North America. Ferrell holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Roanoke College. #LISA #MARIE #FERRELL #Diverse #Issues #Higher #Education
Cyber attacks on public authorities and private individuals have increased sharply in re-cent years. The existing gaps in the area of information security are to be closed by the new Information Security Act. ISG – A new law that is already under revision The Information Security Act (Informationssicherheitsgesetz, ISG) and the associated Ordinance on Information…
(Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) If I had a nickel for every time a Biglaw attorney wound up on the Trump hush money jury, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. Like, I know New York City is very much the epicenter of the Biglaw world, but…