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New Mexico State University Wrongly Fired Professor, Lawsuit Charges

Jan 23 2020 // A former criminal justice professor at New Mexico State University says he lost his job in retaliation for reporting misconduct at his department.The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Francisco Alatorre last month filed a...

Minnesota School District Sued by Parents of Students Who Were Sexually Exploited

Jan 17 2020 // The parents of two students are suing the Bemidji school district, alleging it was negligent in allowing a former assistant principal to sexually exploit their children.Brandon Bjerknes, who was arrested in 2017, is...

Supreme Court Says State Universities Not Immune to Patent Challenges

Jan 17 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court refused to shield state-run universities from having to appear before a federal administrative body to defend the validity of patents they own.The justices turned down an appeal by the University of...

Alabama School District Closes School Damaged by EF-2 Tornado

Jan 16 2020 // A north Alabama school district is closing some of its schools this week after a tornado caused heavy damage at an elementary school, the superintendent said. A twister that forecasters determined was an EF-2 with winds up...

Alaska School District Weighing Cost of Earthquake Relief

Jan 16 2020 // Negotiations between the Anchorage School District in Alaska and the federal government over earthquake damage relief could result in the district turning down millions in funds, an official said.The negotiations over...

Insurer to Pay Settlement in Title IX Suit Against Southern Arkansas University

Jan 14 2020 // A former Southern Arkansas University student has settled a lawsuit with the university in Magnolia alleging SAU acted with “deliberate indifference” when she reported being sexually assaulted in 2015.The...

South Dakota School District Settles Former Student’s Lawsuit for $65K

Jan 14 2020 // A school district in South Dakota has agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a sexual discrimination lawsuit brought by a former honor student who said her high school principal punished her for using a phrase her male peers used...

Risk Strategies Acquires Academic HealthPlans in Texas

Jan 14 2020 // National insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, has acquired Academic HealthPlans Inc. (AHP), a Grapevine, Texas-based provider of health insurance plans that colleges and universities make...

Nonprofit Opening Flood Risk Model to Researchers and Public

Jan 14 2020 // A nonprofit flood risk research organization is offering the first publicly available flood risk model that predicts the probability of flooding for homes and properties across the United States.Brooklyn, N.Y.-based First...

UT-Austin Acknowledges 17 Cases of Employee Sexual Misconduct

Jan 13 2020 // Seventeen employees at the University of Texas at Austin, including three faculty members and one research fellow, were found to have violated the flagship’s sexual misconduct policies between November 2017 and...

Ex-U. of Oklahoma Official Facing Multiple Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

Jan 10 2020 // A third University of Oklahoma student has come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against a former university administrator.The 21-year-old student claims in a lawsuit filed on Jan. 6 that former OU Vice President...

Counselor: Students ‘Excited’ About Insurance After Zurich’s Apprenticeship Summit

Jan 10 2020 // Despite having established its earn-and-learn apprenticeship program in the U.S. several year ago, insurer Zurich North America for the first time hosted an Apprenticeship Week Summit for high school students last...

Oregon School District Pays $120K to Settle Food Allergy Suit

Jan 3 2020 // The Beaverton School District in Oregon has agreed to pay $119,500 to settle a federal suit filed by parents arguing that the district failed to take proper precautions to protect their 5-year-old in light of the...

3 Frats at South Carolina’s Clemson University on Probation for Hazing, Misconduct

Jan 3 2020 // Three fraternities at Clemson University in South Carolina were placed on disciplinary probation for violating the university’s code of conduct, according to a university report.Delta Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Chi Phi...

Document: Iowa School District Settled Discrimination Suit for More Than $170K

Dec 30 2019 // Newly released documents show that Mason City Schools in Iowa settled a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a former official for more $170,000.The district issued its former human resources director Jodie Anderson...

$584B at Risk From Cat Events in 2020: University of Cambridge Study

Dec 27 2019 // Providing an annual update of its study of the impact of catastrophic events on global GDP, researchers from the University of Cambridge find that roughly $584 billion could be wiped from the global economy from such...

Family of California University Student Sues Fraternity, Saying Hazing Led to Death

Dec 24 2019 // The family of a university student who died in 2018 after what they say was a hazing incident has sued a fraternity they claim is responsible for his death. KABC TV reported.The family of Tyler Hilliard said that the...

Reuters Report: Why Big Business Can Count on Courts to Keep Deadly Secrets

Dec 20 2019 // In the dreary archives of a Newark, New Jersey, courthouse, Ronald Motley found a treasure map.It was an evidence log, a detailed inventory of documents and other exhibits that had been used in an injured worker’s...

Dartmouth Student Lawsuit Settled Over Baseball Injury

Dec 17 2019 // A lawsuit filed by a Dartmouth College student against the school who was seriously injured during baseball practice has been settled, the college said Monday.Last year, Colton French said in federal court documents that...

University of Oklahoma Asks to Be Dismissed From Lawsuit

Dec 10 2019 // The University of Oklahoma is asking to be dismissed from a sexual assault lawsuit against a former OU vice president.The motion filed Tuesday says the university is immune from the claims by Levi Hilliard that allege...