Despite the cringy sloganeering Nancy Pelosi is lying at us with, reasonable people understand that Congress is trying to get rid of TikTok. And after a majority vote in favor of the ban at the house, it’s looking like Congress may actually pull together enough to put the squeeze on the dance app. It’s all…
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Columbia University temporarily shifted to fully remote classes Monday as its administration struggles to handle pro-Palestinian protests that have ramped up on campus over the past week. Columbia’s security force is only permitting individuals with…
22 April 2024 Alvarez & Marsal To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Summary The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Singapore Telecom Australia Investments Pty Ltd (STAI) against transfer pricing assessments issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in…
Civil rights icon Opal Lee will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Southern Methodist University (SMU). Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is expected to receive the honor during the university’s May 11 commencement ceremony. She led a national grassroots campaign that resulted in the 2021 establishment of Juneteenth, the June…
CASE PREVIEW By Ronald Mann on Apr 22, 2024 at 5:07 pm The justices will hear Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney on Tuesday. (Steven Frame via Shutterstock) Union organizing efforts at Starbucks probably are the most protracted labor dispute of the decade, and on Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear argument in a closely watched case…
(Image via Getty) When you tell people outside of the legal profession that you (functionally) interview for the Biglaw job you’re going to take after law school graduation after only completing 1/3 of law school, they think it’s wild. Like how do firms know how good you’ll be as a lawyer if you haven’t even…
Dr. Denisha HendricksDenisha Hendricks has been appointed director of athletics at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is director of parks and recreation for the City of Selma, Alabama. Hendricks holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education and athletic training from the University of South Carolina and a master’s and doctorate in…
Since 11 April 2024, there has been a(nother) new Appendix to the Immigration Rules: Appendix Long Residence. The Long Residence indefinite leave to remain route is for a person who has lived in the UK lawfully and continuously for 10 years or more. Long had the ‘long residence’ provisions been hidden in an all but…
FIRE is monitoring outbreaks of violence and arrests on campuses nationwide. Sadly, we must again restate a bedrock principle: Violence is never acceptable. Colleges and universities must ensure the swift arrest of anyone engaging in violence on campus, whether committed by students or visitors. Violence thus far appears to have been isolated, but things can change…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision in the case of Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., No. 22-1165. Justice Sotomayor, writing for a unanimous Court, ruled that “pure omissions are not actionable …