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Texas Mutual Insurance Awards $1M in Safety Grants to Community Colleges
Apr 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has awarded a combined $1 million in grants to 10 community colleges across Texas. The grants fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the...
UC Berkeley Settles Law Dean Sexual Harassment Allegations Lawsuit
Apr 17 2017 // A legal settlement has been reached between the University of California, Berkeley, the former dean of its law school, and his former assistant, who said he sexually harassed her. The settlement between the school, former...
Rolling Stone Settles, but Fight Over University of Virginia Rape Story Isn’t Over
Apr 17 2017 // Rolling Stone magazine settled a University of Virginia administrator’s lawsuit over its discredited story about a rape on campus, but its legal fights over the botched article aren’t over. Attorneys for...
Baylor Scandal Inspires a Slew of Texas Campus Sex Assault Bills
Apr 7 2017 // Texas lawmakers are pushing for tougher sexual assault reporting requirements on college campuses in response to the ongoing investigations into Baylor University’s handling of sexual assault allegations involving...
Rutgers Law School Project Addresses ‘Use It And Lose It’ in Homeowners Insurance
Apr 3 2017 // A new report by the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in cooperation with United Policyholders, offers recommendations to state lawmakers in terms of how homeowners insurance...
Judge to Hear Objection to Trump University’s $25 Million Settlement
Mar 30 2017 // A U.S. judge will hear arguments on Thursday over whether to grant final approval to a $25 million settlement of fraud lawsuits against President Donald Trump over his Trump University real estate investment seminars, with...
Student Sues New York’s Columbia University, Alleging Indifference to 2 Rapes
Mar 28 2017 // A woman who enrolled in Columbia University partly because she wanted to be part of the emotional debate there over on-campus sexual assaults sued the school Tuesday, saying she was raped twice in her dorm room during her...
New Arkansas Law Expands Where Concealed Guns Allowed
Mar 23 2017 // Arkansas’ governor has signed a sweeping gun rights measure into law that will allow concealed handguns at state colleges, some bars, government buildings and even the state Capitol. The measure approved by...
Experience Is Everything for Krefta, CEO-in-Waiting at Hiscox Re & ILS
Mar 17 2017 // When someone gets to be a CEO at the age of 36, perhaps it’s a good idea to listen to his story about how he got there and some of the lessons he’s learned. From his current position as chief underwriting...
United Educators Insurance Expands Coverage for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Mar 15 2017 // Bethesda, MD, March 15, 2017—United Educators Insurance (UE), a Reciprocal Risk Retention Group (RRG) celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is expanding its general liability (GL) coverage for unmanned aerial...
Judge Says Sex Assault Lawsuit Against Baylor University Can Proceed
Mar 9 2017 // A lawsuit filed against Baylor University by 10 women alleging they were sexually assaulted while students can proceed, a federal judge ruled on March 7. The women, identified as “Jane Doe” plaintiffs, allege...
Trump University Settlement May Not Be Done Deal After All
Mar 9 2017 // The private lawyers who reached a proposed $25 million settlement last November with then President-elect Donald Trump, resolving class action claims that Trump University real estate seminars were a fraud, did an...
Rutgers Law School Project Addresses ‘Use It And Lose It’ in Homeowners Insurance
Mar 8 2017 // A new report by the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in cooperation with United Policyholders, offers recommendations to state lawmakers in terms of how homeowners insurance...
Patient Complaints Can Identify Surgeons Who Are Higher Claims Risks
Mar 6 2017 // Recording and analyzing patient and family reports about rude and disrespectful behavior can identify surgeons with higher rates of surgical site infections and other avoidable adverse outcomes, according to a study led by...
Florida CFO Atwater to Step Down After 2017 Legislative Session
Mar 6 2017 // In a move sure to shake up Florida’s political landscape, Jeff Atwater, the state’s chief financial officer, resigned Feb. 10 to take a job at Florida Atlantic University. Atwater, a Republican from Palm Beach...
Australia to Offer ‘World’s First’ University Course to Fight Cyber Crime
Mar 3 2017 // Australia said on Friday it will offer the world’s first university course to train intelligence analysts to fight cyber crime, prompted by innovative methods of money transfer among organized crime and militant...
University of California Releases Details on 113 Employee Sex Misconduct Cases
Mar 2 2017 // The University of California said it investigated 113 cases of sexual misconduct involving staff and faculty at its 10 campuses over a recent three-year period, according to hundreds of pages of internal documents released...
Six Charged in Death of University of Connecticut Student After Party
Feb 28 2017 // Six University of Connecticut students were charged Friday with alcohol-related offenses connected to the death of a student who was run over by a fire department vehicle after leaving a party last fall. The students had...
More Than 3K Records Breached at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Feb 28 2017 // Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean reports the hospital has sent out letters...
Patient Complaints Can Identify Surgeons Who Are Higher Claims Risks
Feb 17 2017 // Recording and analyzing patient and family reports about rude and disrespectful behavior can identify surgeons with higher rates of surgical site infections and other avoidable adverse outcomes, according to a study led by...
