* Wait, are you suggesting we shouldn’t have trusted the journalistic integrity of the National Enquirer? This Trump trial teaches us something new every day! [Reuters] * Outgoing Boeing leadership collecting around $45 million as they walk out the door. The existing door, not one blown out the side of one of their planes. [Bloomberg…
Alumni are regularly solicited for time and money. Their alma maters are continuously finding more ways to engage them and keep them happy, but very few strategies involve engaging alumni in one of the most critical aspects of higher education: enrolment management. Data shows that including alumni stories and outcomes in the recruitment process is…
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm was hired by Washington state to block the proposed merger of grocery stores Kroger and Albertsons? Hint: The state, which joins the Federal Trade Commission and Colorado in opposing the merger, approved up to $2.5 million in legal fees for the…
ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Mar 20, 2024 at 2:24 pm Tuesday’s argument in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. considered a technical question under the Bankruptcy Code, how to decide when an entity is a “party in interest” under the statute, which gives it a right to “be heard on any issue”…
Home Daily News It’s ‘past time to proceed to the merits’… Law Firms It’s ‘past time to proceed to the merits’ in fired BigLaw associate’s bias case, judge says By Debra Cassens Weiss September 16, 2024, 12:26 pm CDT A federal judge in California last week refused to toss an amended gender-bias and retaliation lawsuit…
As noted in Bob Woodward’s new book, President Biden wasn’t too thrilled with AG Garland over his son Hunter’s prosecution. The post Joe Biden Is NOT A Fan Of Merrick Garland, New Book Says appeared first on Above the Law. #Joe #Biden #Fan #Merrick #Garland #Book
In some ways, 2020 seemed like it would be a watershed year for diversity officers. Given the spate of high-profile murders of Black Americans, we witnessed a surge of national empathy. In a short span of time, many college and university leaders within predominantly white institutions (PWIs) rushed to support DEI initiatives. Perhaps you recall…
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “US appeals court to reconsider ban on felons possessing guns”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on an order granting rehearing en…
This week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) sent letters to the Senate and House urging them to support legislation that would prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing its final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. The organization argued that the establishment of minimum staffing requirements would stifle…
Varying Degrees 2024 is New America’s eighth annual survey on higher education.New AmericaAmericans still generally value higher education and support more investment from the state and federal government to make it more affordable, according to a new report from New America. “Varying Degrees 2024” — authored by senior policy analyst Sophie Nguyen, director Rachel Fishman,…