Approximately two minutes after I saw the news about the shooting at the Trump rally this past Saturday, my initial shock was replaced by the terrible realization that people will never even agree about what happened. Because my writings here on Verdict and on Dorf on Law tend to focus on worst-case scenarios, it was…
Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), enacted in 1925, authorizes courts to enforce “written agreements for arbitration.” An exception is made in Section 1 of the FAA, “for contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.” Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries, decided unanimously…
Cal Poly Humboldt President Dr. Tom Jackson Jr. announced plans to step away from his post Aug. 11. Dr. Tom Jackson Jr.“Cal Poly Humboldt is an amazing place with special people,” said Jackson. “I have had the privilege to work alongside scientists and future scientists, teachers and future teachers, artists and future artists, engineers and…
July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and an important time to reflect upon the importance of improving awareness, access, and adoption of mental health resources among traditionally marginalized populations. Data trends from the Healthy Minds Study reveal that, historically, mental health care among college students has varied greatly across race and ethnicity. Specifically, non-white…
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule from taking effect in Texas, making it one of at least 15 states where the courts have put the regulations on…
As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal, AERA Open, reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased. Dr. Denisa Gándara, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of…
(Photo by Ross D. Franklin – Pool/Getty Images) As terrible legal takes go, one of the most engrained in society is the myth of the “technicality.” Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial ended abruptly on Friday when Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case based on previously undisclosed evidence. Thus starting the clock to the inevitable…
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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Florida A&M University’s president will resign, just two months after the historically Black institution publicly reversed course over a failed donation originally billed as worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Neither the university nor President…
Sen. J.D. Vance (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Donald Trump’s presumptive vice-president pick J.D. Vance worked at which Biglaw firm before heading to the world of venture capital and eventually politics? Hint: It’s also the same Biglaw firm that Senator Mike…