Can’t Always Blame The Government — See Also

RFK Jr.’s Meta Case Gets Slapped Down: Again. This is the second time. Hopefully the last. Mind Your Bs And Ws: Here’s an easy IP hypo for your next exam. Goodbye And Good Riddance: UK lawyers leave Twitter after Elon’s warmongering. Each Ounce Counts!: Attorney wins big fishing competition by a very small margin. T-14…

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Arizona’s New Provost Steps Down

Dr. Joseph Glover is leaving his leadership post at the University of Arizona in Tucson and headed back to the University of Florida in Gainesville after just a month on the job. Dr. Joseph GloverGlover, who holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, was appointed following a months-long national search….

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Getting Extradited Back To 2012

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! What founder of file-sharing website Megaupload recently lost his 12-year legal battle to stop his extradition from New Zealand to the United States to face copyright infringement, money laundering, and racketeering charges? Hint: The founder (with an early aughts moniker) was arrested and…

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JESSICA SNOWDEN | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

Dr. Jessica SnowdenJessica Snowden has been named vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Snowden holds master’s degrees in health professions teaching and technology and in clinical and translational research from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha as well as a medical degree from Texas A&M College of…

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Stat(s) Of The Week: Doing More With More  

Corporate legal departments saw ever-increasing workloads in the past year, but their leaders are hopeful that some help is on the way. That’s according to the 2024 Chief Legal Officer Strategy Survey from Deloitte, which looks into the work and priorities of in-house legal teams.  Of the 460 legal executives surveyed, 82% report an increasing…

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Adage Capital Gifts $10M to Launch UNCF’s Project ACCLAIM

Phill GrossThe United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is launching a new partnership that seeks to cultivate a student pipeline from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) into the financial services sector. The planned program, known as Project ACCLAIM (Accelerating Learning in Asset Investment Management), is funded by a $10 million gift from Adage Capital Management…

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