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The latest statistics show that 1 in 10 adults in the UK are currently experiencing symptoms of severe mental illness, which may relate to anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders and schizophrenia. The tribunal in Muir V Astra Zeneca UK Ltd 2024 assessed how employers should navigate behaviour exhibited by…
When 2024 first began, industry experts predicted that law firms would have quite the “appetite” for mergers, with one analyst going so far as to say that interest in growth via merger was at “an all-time high.” Lo and behold, those predictions have come true, with 20 mergers already completed in just the first quarter…
Solo practitioners and small firm lawyers can sometimes feel like they’re operating on an island, making their own way in the legal and business world without clear benchmarks to guide their decision-making. In this new survey of more than 100 professionals at small and smaller midsize law firms, iManage and Above the Law shed new…
Activism is hardly optional in today’s world. I feel the calling in my bones. My family is deeply Jewish, with both Sephardic and Ashkenazic roots, and taught me the core lessons of tikkun olam (repair the world), tzedakah (create justice), g’milut chasadim (engage in loving kindness), pikuach nefesh (life matters), and ometz lev (courage). These values anchored my identity even…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Top House Republicans are demanding that the leaders of 10 high-profile universities detail how they will respond to encampments, protests and other demonstrations this fall. Missouri Rep. Jason Smith, the chair of the Ways and…
Sen. Susan CollinsU.S. Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Susan Collins of Maine expressed outrage over reports that New College of Florida discarded hundreds of books, including a book about their leadership in the Senate. The college reportedly disposed of library books that discussed LGBTQ+ topics and religious studies without offering them for purchase to…
School: Duke UniversityMajor: PsychologyYear: Senior Duke University runner Job Trahan set school records during the 2022 Texas Relays as a member of the Blue Devils’ 4x200m (1:25.03) and 4x400m (3:09.02) teams. But that is not the psychology major’s only team-oriented accomplishment. Trahan is a member of Duke’s United Black Athletes, which advocates for justice and…
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…
Growing Cannabis in Australia Though growing cannabis for personal use remains illegal in most Australian states and territories, growing for medicinal and scientific purposes was legalized under federal law in 2016. Under federal law, cultivation includes sowing seeds, planting, growing, tending, nurturing, harvesting, grafting, dividing, or transplanting a cannabis plant. Production is the separation of…