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Allstate Continues Its Technology Drive, Invests in Autonomous Vehicle Research at Stanford

Dec 15 2016 // Allstate Insurance Co., the nation’s largest publicly-held personal lines insurer, is continuing its drive into new technology, agreeing to a multi-year research project with the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at...

Texas Launches Study of High School Athlete Concussions

Dec 13 2016 // Texas is undertaking what state officials say is the nation’s largest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes.The University Interscholastic League, Texas’ governing body for public high school...

Suit Accuses California University of Mishandling Sex Assault Reports

Dec 9 2016 // A Stanford University graduate student claimed in a federal lawsuit that the school failed to adequately investigate and discipline a former student who was a “known sexual predator” while attending the college...

School Bus Driver in Fatal Maryland Crash was Speeding, Had Prior Wrecks

Dec 9 2016 // The driver of a Baltimore school bus that careened into a transit bus, killing him and five others, was speeding, had a history of previous crashes and had a seizure the week before, national investigators said...

Rolling Stone Challenges Verdict in University of Virginia Defamation Case

Dec 7 2016 // Rolling Stone magazine urged a federal judge on Monday to overturn the verdict of a jury, which found that the publication and a reporter defamed a University of Virginia administrator with their botched story about a gang...

Suit over Woman Shot by University of Arizona Officer Revived

Dec 6 2016 // A federal appeals court has resurrected an excessive-force lawsuit by a woman who was shot by a University of Arizona police officer six year ago as she held a knife in her hand outside her home.Amy Hughes had lost her...

Rutgers Law School in New Jersey Launches Project to Improve Homeowners Insurance

Dec 5 2016 // The Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners insurance nationally through its recently launched national...

Could POTUS Battle Trigger More Discrimination Suits?

Dec 5 2016 // Regardless of one’s political leaning, the 2016 presidential election offered bold dialogue. Many criticized the president-elect for brash comments and a disregard for political correctness. If recent news reports...

Lawsuit Alleges Inaction by Kansas State Officials Led to Another Rape

Dec 1 2016 // A female student contends in a court filing that Kansas State University’s failure to investigate the rape of another woman allowed the same alleged assailant to sexually assault her.The accusations were levied in...

Emporia State University Wins Kansas ‘Don’t Text #Just Drive’ Contest

Nov 29 2016 // Emporia State University received the highest number of votes by percentage of students enrolled to win the initial “Don’t Text #Just Drive” fall contest, according to the Kansas Insurance...

23 Students Injured in Tennessee School Bus Crash

Nov 21 2016 // Twenty-three students were hospitalized after a Tennessee school bus crashed and rolled over on an interstate off-ramp Friday, but authorities said none suffered life-threatening injuries.The bus was one of three headed...

Trump Settles University Fraud Claims for $25 Million, Avoids Trial

Nov 20 2016 // President-elect Donald Trump agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims that his defunct Trump University cheated more than 6,000 students with false promises of teaching them his real estate secrets.The accord, announced...

President-Elect Trump Seeks Delay in Fraud Trial Over His Real Estate University

Nov 18 2016 // Donald Trump is pulling out the stops to stall a fraud trial over his defunct real estate “university” until he’s president.Having earlier persuaded a federal judge to delay the trial until after last...

Rutgers Law School in New Jersey Launches Project to Improve Homeowners’ Insurance

Nov 17 2016 // Rutgers Law School’s Camden, N.J., location, in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners’ insurance nationally through its recently launched project.The Rutgers Center for Risk...

University of Georgia Settles Hazardous Waste Violations with EPA for $400K

Nov 14 2016 // The University of Georgia will spend more than $400,000 after federal inspectors found dozens of safety violations in the way it handles hazardous waste.Under a “consent agreement and final order” with the...

Suburban Chicago School District Settles Hazing Lawsuit for $1M

Nov 10 2016 // Five former students of a suburban Chicago high school will receive $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed in connection with hazing allegations. Officials of Maine Township High School District 207 say they and...

Jury Awards $3M in Damages Over Rolling Stone Rape Story

Nov 8 2016 // A federal court jury on Monday awarded $3 million in damages to a University of Virginia administrator that last week found was defamed by Rolling Stone magazine’s now-retracted story of a gang rape.The 10-person...

Maryland School Bus Driver Killed in Crash Had Traffic Violation History

Nov 4 2016 // The Baltimore school bus driver who died along with five others in a collision with a commuter bus was found at fault in three traffic-related cases in the last eight years, according to civil and criminal court records...

Investigation Finds 17 Women Reported Assaults by 19 Baylor University Players

Oct 31 2016 // An outside investigation of the Baylor University sexual violence scandal found 17 women who had reported sexual or domestic assaults involving 19 Baylor University athletes since 2011, university regents have told The...

Idaho College Agrees to Settle VP’s $650K Lawsuit

Oct 27 2016 // The College of Southern Idaho has agreed to pay a former vice president $650,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit.The Times-News reported in a story on Tuesday that the settlement with Edit Szanto was made through the...