Supreme Court Rejects Securities Lawsuit Based On “Pure Omission” From SEC Filings – Securities

In a narrow but potentially significant decision, the Supreme Court has held that securities-fraud plaintiffs cannot recover based on a “pure omission” from a company’s public statements under the most common legal basis for private securities lawsuits, the SEC’s Rule 10b-5(b). The Court’s unanimous April 12 decision in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners L.P….

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Federal Antidiscrimination Law Does Not Require Campus Crackdowns | Michael C. Dorf | Verdict

Having apparently learned a lesson from the fate that befell the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania after they testified before Congress last December, last week Columbia University President Minouche Shafik gave an unequivocal “yes” answer to the question from Representative Elise Stefanik that tripped up Shafik’s erstwhile Ivy League peers: whether calls…

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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

Aaron Basko This is a guest blog from Aaron Basko, vice president for enrollment management at Lynchburg University. Aaron is a higher education professional with more than 25 years of experience in enrollment management. He has written previously for RNL about best financial practices for universities and has also written for The Chronicle of Higher…

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