Years after Oklahoma historian James Gregory raised academic misconduct concerns about Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano’s research, Mastriano sued him for defamation and federal claims ranging from RICO to antitrust violations. FIRE is seeking to have Mastriano’s lawsuit thrown out because it threatens academic freedom and James’ First Amendment right to criticize public officials. Mastriano’s…
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Dive Brief: For-profit City College, in Florida, is moving to close permanently, the institution announced late this week in a move that reportedly shocked students. The college did not disclose the reason for its decision. The college — which focuses primarily on healthcare career programs — plans to stop enrolling new students starting with the…
Home Daily News Flush with incoming associates, law firms… Law Firms Flush with incoming associates, law firms pulled back on 2024 summer associate hiring, rivaling Great Recession levels By Debra Cassens Weiss March 12, 2024, 12:22 pm CDT According to a report released Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement, 46% of callback interviews…
The strategy will result in more study exchange programmes, encouraging “more African young people come to study in Denmark for shorter or longer durations”, according to the strategy document, published on August 26. The document does not specify how many more students from Africa it expects to come to Denmark, and does not set out…
(Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for David Yurman) OpenAI recently previewed its new ChatGPT voice — “Sky” — and several folks immediately noticed it sounded eerily like Scarlett Johansson. So that’s where you go when you’re trapped in the Soul Stone. Specifically, the new ChatGPT sounded like Scarlett Johansson from Her, where she played an…
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A Seattle jury has decided that Providence underpaid more than 33,000 of its employees by willfully denying them breaks and rounding down their time on the clock. The class-action complaint was filed in 2021 on behalf of Providence nurses, technicians and other hourly employees. The case’s eight-day trial concluded last week, with a county judge…
* Fantasy football is back and while you’re gaming out the best trades to improve your team, American Lawyer fantasized about the best Biglaw mergers. [American Lawyer] * Kids make video and write law review article about appellate practice after interviewing members of the Texas Supreme Court. They even talked to Justice Devine, which is…
I am pleased to announce that Belal Elrahal joined our faculty earlier this month. Belal is working in the field of criminal law and procedure and will specialize in impaired driving and motor vehicle law. Belal joins our colleague Melanie Crenshaw as co-faculty lead for the School of Government’s work with the state’s nearly 700…