WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Aug 23, 2024 at 11:00 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: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Friday, August 23, SCOTUSblog (Aug. 23, 2024, 11:00 AM),…
At the shuttered Atlanta Medical Center, a “Stronger Together” mural sends a hopeful message near a summer spray of hydrangeas. The campus was mostly quiet on a recent weekend, since AMC closed almost two years ago. A lone security vehicle sat behind a chain-link fence, and pedestrians passed by without even a glance. In the…
Some 61% of voters view international students as major drivers of economic growth while more than two thirds – some 68% – recognise the integral role they play in filling the country’s skills gaps. The findings come from the polling of 1,508 voters in battleground electorates with major universities campuses or home to large international…
Most attorneys worry about properly handling client money. Not only is mishandling of trust account funds among the leading sources of bar disciplinary action, but the concern is most acute among solo and small firm attorneys. Often, smaller firms lack the accounting staffing, structure, and software of larger competitors, and are often less able to withstand…
The report, prepared by artificial intelligence provider Ocelot, suggests that many higher education CIOs find themselves in a challenging position. Many are required to show how they support institutional key performance indicators, such as enrollment and retention, yet persistent pain points hamper their ability to do so, including lack of funding, siloed systems and…
Last week, the NY Times had an article about how Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, is being targeted in a SLAPP suit by a “podcaster” who claims Raffensperger defamed her in his book about the 2020 election. (For reasons unknown, the NY Times links to none of the legal filings in the case, but we’ll rectify all…
* Simpson Thacher faces anti-money laundering prosecution. [Law.com International] * Now that Arizona is a battleground state again, the Supreme Court has moved to reinstate voting law requiring proof of citizenship to register with weeks to go. [SCOTUSBlog] * Another one falls: Hunton Andrews Kurth adds non-equity tier. [Bloomberg Law News] * WilmerHale too. [Reuters]…
Verizon Wireless is facing a lawsuit after a man claiming to be a detective with the Cary Police Department was arrested for stalking. Last year, Robert Glauner, who is a resident of New Mexico, sent Verizon Wireless a fake search warrant demanding phone records from a Cary woman. He falsely claimed that the woman was…
We’re rounding up top recent stories, from outcry over presidential office spending to a look at the size of U.S. versus European colleges. #week #numbers #Officials #call #probe #Sasses #spending
Restricted migration policies, tightened job markets in host countries and rising inward national protectionism have also driven overseas graduates home. Combined with the massification of international education and the changing contexts and policies in home and host countries, reverse mobility is booming in China. Traditionally, Chinese returnees were seen favourably in the local labour market,…