Yup. This is preferable! Life isn’t like television. Usually when you’re watching a show and someone launches a half-baked scheme, someone blurts out, “That so crazy, it just might work!” In real life, that phrase is a prequel to a really dumb conspiracy charge. For example, bribing a juror to get the ruling you want…
The rate of college freshmen returning for a second year is at a decade high. A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted that more than 76% of students who started college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year. Done annually, the 2024 Persistence and Retention report shows the…
(Image via Getty) Last week, I realized I’d reached a key post-pandemic milestone: I was down to my last roll of cheap toilet paper, which I’d purchased in bulk online in an illogical fit of desperation in March 2020. Like so many others, I invested a lot in crappy toilet paper in the early days…
When Sister Dr. Christine De Vinne first came to Ursuline College, a private, Catholic institution in Pepper Pike, Ohio, she was a young woman studying math for her undergraduate degree. In 1996, she returned to campus as a dean, and, in 2015, she became president of her alma mater. It’s been over 50 years since…
You should not commit securities fraud. With that out of the way, if you DID want to commit some light securities fraud, the Supreme Court has good news for you! In a 6-3 opinion, the conservative majority ruled that when the SEC seeks civil penalties against someone participating in the securities industry, the agency must…
Dive Brief: As it tries to stay afloat, Keystone College is cutting faculty and staff positions and eliminating academic programs to strengthen its financial position, the institution announced this week. All told, the moves are expected to save $3.5 million. The Pennsylvania-based private nonprofit said restructuring efforts will affect 29 positions, including some summer furloughs…
Many of the student-athletes who participated in a recent review of athletics accountability and culture expressed appreciation for the resources made available to them at Northwestern University, according to a university report by law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Michael SchillThe firm conducted an 11-month-long independent review of the university’s processes and…
Last week, thanks to the recently released National Law Journal 500 ranking, we found out which U.S.-centric Biglaw firms were the biggest of them all in terms of headcount. Now, as a new companion piece to the American Lawyer’s Diversity Scorecard, we’ll now delve into the Women’s Scorecard, a ranking of the percentages of women…
A new Center for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging is being established to foster understanding and harness systemwide resources across 25 CUNY campuses. William C. ThompsonTo combat hate, the center will also oversee training and strengthen reporting and policy aims to bring consistency and accountability. “The Board of Trustees of the City University of New York…
OPINION ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Jun 27, 2024 at 3:35 pm The justices released four opinions on Thursday, including Ohio v. EPA. (William Hennessy) The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states. By…