Mel TuckerMel Tucker, the former Michigan State University football coach, has filed a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully terminated from the university last year. MSU’s Interim President Dr. Teresa Woodruff, Athletic Director Alan Haller, the school’s eight trustees, and its general counsel, Brian Quinn were named as defendants. The lawsuit claims the university violated his…
The summer associate experience is mostly about long lunches, longer happy hours, and evenings at the ballpark. Firms and Summers are feeling each other out to make sure that they’ve made a promising career match. Or at least a promising “three years and then lateraling somewhere else” match. It’s about recruiting and acclimating to the…
This post summarizes published criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during August of 2024. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. Previous summaries of Fourth Circuit cases are available here. Door opening in response to knocking did not constitute implied consent to enter without a…
Demand for cannabidiol (CBD) products continues to climb, and the market has risen to the occasion. There is now a robust array of foods, oils, lotions, capsules and cosmetics containing CBD for consumer use. But with this wide selection also comes the concern that not all of the products in the market are of comparable…
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The Association of Colleges has recommended that support for colleges to export and innovate must be increased and student visa policy be reviewed. “The export potential of the UK’s skills sector – and the central role of colleges – must be given more government support to boost capability and capacity,” the report reads. It emphasises that renewed…
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The pandemic-prompted proliferation of video conferencing began innocently enough, with lawyers porting their normal, in-office behavior to the online world. This lasted roughly 5 minutes before we started seeing folks naked at criminal hearings, naked at law school lectures, client meeting oral sex, and at least one famous legal analyst, um, brandishing his gavel? While…
The visa fee for international student visas applying to study in Australia rocketed from AUS$710 to AUS$1,600 as of July 1. With costs to study in Australia now among some of the highest globally, leaders in international education pointed out the move is likely to deter overseas students from applying to Australian universities in favour…
An excerpt from the forthcoming pedagogical resource platform Throughlines. A few years ago, Ayanna Thompson was teaching a large lecture class on a survey of early British literature. The class was surprisingly animated, willing to talk about the most challenging topics. Even though the majority of them were not English literature majors, or even humanities…