UPDATE (Dec. 7, 2022): Last night, the St. Marys City Commission voted 4-0 to renew the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library’s lease for another year. The renewed lease does not place any restrictions on the content of the books the library can carry. The city commissioners cited an outpouring of community support for the library as a…
In a first of its kind decision, Sarah C Derrington J in Registrar of Personal Property Securities v Brookfield [2024] FCA 29 (Brookfield) has invoked the civil penalty provisions under section 151 of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) by ordering the Respondent Mr Brookfield to pay a penalty of $30,000 for repeatedly…
Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) recently announced that it has resolved a lawsuit against its former alumni association. Bethune-Cookman UniversityBethune-Cookman University“There is now one, and only one, Alumni Association for Bethune-Cookman University, which is THE BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (the ‘B-CUAA’),” university officials wrote in a statement. B-CU entered into an agreement to amicably and fully resolve…
Advocates in Conversation By Nate Mowry on Mar 19, 2024 at 12:37 pm In this video, Nate Mowry interviews David Casazza from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Casazza is an appellate attorney representing Truck Insurance Exchange in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., in which the justices are considering whether the Bankruptcy Code provisions that…
Home Daily News ABA calls on Biden administration to protect… Immigration Law ABA calls on Biden administration to protect asylum-seekers By Amanda Robert March 7, 2024, 9:07 am CST ABA President Mary Smith is urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Domestic Policy Council to honor due process when responding to conflicts at…
I talk with a lot of nonprofit leaders who get really, really nervous about the wording of their fundraising ask. While I love the intentionality they show in wanting the right words, their fretting reminds me of power ties in the 80’s. Do you remember those? In the 1980’s there were all sorts of books…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day. Which Am Law 100 firm grew its revenue, revenue per lawyer, and net income all by about 3% in 2023, yet conducted layoffs in early 2024 nonetheless? Hint: The firm decimated its attorney and staff headcount in mid-February. See the answer on the…
UPDATED (DEC. 20, 2022): FIRE thanks our hundreds of supporters who emailed King County to urge it to abandon its unconstitutional office decoration policy. The policy singles out religious holiday decorations for suppression in virtual workspaces. The county’s reply to our supporters denies that the policy violates the First Amendment. They claim the policy is “content-neutral”…
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to intervene in the aptly named Texas v. United States. The case involves a Texas law known as S. B. 4, which makes it a state crime for an undocumented immigrant to enter Texas, imposes severe penalties, authorizes state deportation to Mexico regardless of the nationality of the undocumented…
In a new report released by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida, noted that women’s basketball student-athletes showed consistently stellar results. “Keeping Score When It Counts: Academic Progress/Graduation Success Rate Study of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament Teams,” provides a comprehensive…