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University of North Carolina, Plaintiffs Square Off Again Over Academic Lawsuit
Oct 4 2017 // Attorneys for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and athletes who played for the school argued in a state court on Friday whether a lawsuit filed against the school in connection with an academic scandal...
High Levels of Mold, Carbon Dioxide Close West Virginia High School
Sep 21 2017 // A West Virginia high school will close for the rest of the week after high levels of mold and carbon dioxide were found inside nearly a third of its buildings. News outlets report Capital High School in Charleston...
Police at California University Get to Use Pepper Spray at Violent Protests
Sep 14 2017 // The Berkeley City Council this week gave police permission to use pepper spray to repel demonstrators attacking officers and others during violent protests of the kind that have repeatedly hit the city this year. The 6-3...
Global Study Finds No Increased Lung Cancer Risk for Hard Metal Workers
Aug 30 2017 // Workers in the hard metal industry are not at increased risk for lung cancer or any of 63 other potential causes of death, concluded the largest study on this population to date. The University of Pittsburgh Graduate...
New Lawsuit Filed Over Alleged Baylor Rape Policy Failures
Aug 23 2017 // A woman who reported that she’d been sexually assaulted filed a lawsuit on Aug. 21 against Baylor University, alleging questions she faced from the university shifted blame away from her attacker toward her. The...
Clemson University Fraternity Hazing Death Settled for $250K
Aug 22 2017 // A judge has approved a $250,000 settlement between Clemson University and the family of a student who died during a fraternity pledge run nearly three years ago. Judge Robin Stilwell on Thursday approved the deal that...
Baylor Settles with Woman Who Said University Ignored Rape
Aug 17 2017 // The first woman to sue Waco, Texas-based Baylor University over allegations the nation’s largest Baptist school ignored or mishandled rape allegations has settled her case, her attorney said. Jasmin Hernandez sued...
How Herbicide Dicamba Was Approved Without Independent Testing: Reuters
Aug 9 2017 // As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away. The photographs served as early...
South Carolina’s Clemson University Settles Lawsuit Over Fraternity Pledge Death
Aug 9 2017 // The family of a university student in South Carolina who died falling off a bridge during a pledge run has settled its lawsuit against Clemson University and the fraternity. Court records filed Thursday show Tucker...
Instructor Files Suit Against Wisconsin College Over Tenure Matter
Aug 7 2017 // An art instructor is suing Edgewood College in Wisconsin for terminating her tenure in violation of policy after she moved to Indianapolis. Agnieszka Ligendza filed the lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court. She alleges the...
University of Michigan Gets $2.5M to Study Opioid Epidemic, Other Injuries
Aug 7 2017 // The University of Michigan Injury Center has received $2.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control for research into the prevention of prescription drug overdoses, concussion, youth violence, motor vehicle crashes,...
MJ Insurance, Butler University Launch Student-Run Insurance Company
Aug 4 2017 // MJ Insurance announced it has launched MJ Student-Run Insurance Company Ltd. at Butler University in Indianapolis. Butler’s Lacy School of Business originated the insurance company to provide students with real-world...
Washington School District’s Insurer to Pay $18M in Shooting Settlement
Aug 2 2017 // The families of five Washington state high school students shot in a high school cafeteria in 2014 have settled a lawsuit against the school district’s insurance company for $18 million. Attorney Lincoln Beauregard,...
School Bus Cameras Can Implicate Speeding Drivers Under New N.C. Law
Jul 28 2017 // North Carolina motorists could be fined at least $400 if they pass a stopped school bus, according to a new law now in effect. Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday signed into law legislation that he suggested while still attorney...
Tennessee School Bus Drivers Using Mobile Devices Face Jail Under New State Law
Jul 27 2017 // Four former Tennessee school bus drivers charged with using electronic devices while behind the wheel could face 30-day jail terms if convicted under a new law. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported on Monday the defendants...
Scientists: Sea Level Rise Accelerating Along Florida Coast
Jul 26 2017 // Clay Henderson has lived on the same block along the Indian River in New Smyrna Beach for 34 years. Living in a storm-prone state like Florida, you expect to see a river top its bank on occasion, but only in the past two...
Ex-Ohio St. Player Files Suit Over Use of Image in Marketing Program
Jul 17 2017 // One of Ohio State’s most famous football starshas sued the university over a marketing program he says used athletes’ images without permission and robbed them of compensation. Linebacker Chris Spielman filed...
City Colleges of Chicago to Settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit for $60K
Jun 19 2017 // City Colleges of Chicago will pay $60,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC), the federal agency announced. In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Harold...
Kaufman Financial Group CEO Joins St. John’s University Risk Management Board
Jun 15 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...
Rolling Stone to Pay $1.65M to Settle Suit Over University of Virginia Rape Story
Jun 15 2017 // Rolling Stone magazine agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by a University of Virginia fraternity over a debunked story about a rape on campus, the fraternity said Tuesday. The settlement...
