TORONTO – June 7, 2024 – Top Hat, the leader in student engagement solutions for higher education, is proud to announce that four exceptional First Nations students have been awarded this year’s Shannen’s Dream Scholarship. Launched in 2022 by the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society with the support of Top Hat and the…
You know what kind of person kills animals on the regular? Psychopaths, at least according to a casual survey of pop culture references. You know who else? Cops. But I repeat myself. Laurel Matthews, a supervisory program specialist with the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ COPS) office, says it’s an awful lot. She…
Sometimes I’ll write about cannabis banking when I’m working on a project for a bank or credit union, but newsworthy developments on cannabis banking seldom seem to drop. Yesterday, however, we had a development worth covering: a Congressional Subcommittee added cannabis banking protections to a critical government spending bill. A GOP-chaired Subcommittee, no less. Marijuana…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jun 7, 2024 at 9:38 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, June 13, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the…
* The 3-3-3 Court is stupid and always has been. [Balls and Strikes] * Fifth Circuit uncharacteristically puts a stop to book banning craze. Kyle Duncan throws temper tantrum in dissent. [Bloomberg Law News] * Google prevails in class action over AI training data. Because have you used Google’s AI yet? There was no training….
London Higher, which represents education providers in the UK capital, held its inaugural awards in London this week to shine a light on members’ successes outstanding quality of HE on offer. Finalists gathered at a glamorous awards ceremony at Chartered Accountants Hall in Moorgate, supported by media partner The PIE News. The evening featured electrifying…
OPINION ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Jun 7, 2024 at 8:29 am The justices ruled in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. on Thursday. (Thomas Hawk via Flickr) Another in the line of remarkably trivial disputes the justices have chosen to resolve under the Bankrupty Code, Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. solved…
Despite Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party looking at a comfortable 240 seats in India’s parliament, it has fallen short of the 272 majority mark. This phenomenon, coupled with India’s opposition I.N.D.I.A alliance gaining 232 seats, could lead to a more balanced approach towards education policies on the domestic and international front, according to stakeholders. “A balanced…
Sterling Partners – already Keypath’s majority shareholder – will become its sole owner, acquiring the outstanding shares for $0.87 per share at approximately $186.8 million. “The special committee has carefully considered the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed transaction and believes the offer price is attractive and provides the unaffiliated stockholders with provision of liquidity…
Three years ago, the North Carolina Supreme Court in State v. Corbett, 2021-NCSC-18, ___ N.C. ___, 855 S.E.2d 228, 252 (2021), affirmed the court of appeals’ reversal of the defendants’ convictions for second degree murder. The case garnered national and international attention. The victim, Jason Corbett, was a citizen of Ireland, who had relocated to…