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Judge Suspends Lawsuit Against U. of Oklahoma over Stolen Nazi Art

Dec 8 2015 // A federal judge has suspended activity in a lawsuit that challenges the ownership of a painting that hangs at a University of Oklahoma art gallery as negotiations continue with a French woman who claims the artwork was...

Official Files $123K Claim Following Arizona University Mascot Pounce

Dec 7 2015 // A suburban Phoenix official filed a claim against Arizona State University, saying the school mascot seriously injured his back when the costumed character playfully leaped on him at a football game two months after...

Veteran Files Suit Against Oregon College for Discrimination

Dec 3 2015 // A retired Army officer who worked in the ROTC office at the University of Portland in Oregon has filed a lawsuit claiming his co-workers discriminated against him because of disabilities he suffered in combat in Iraq and...

Kent State University’s Insurance Studies Program Sees First Graduates

Dec 1 2015 // Salem, OH, December 1, 2015 – Kent State University announced that it recently graduated the first of its majors in its Insurance Studies bachelor’s degree program.Kent State University’s Salem Campus created...

Report: Penn State’s Sandusky Settlements Total Nearly $93M

Nov 30 2015 // Penn State settled with six more victims or accusers of Jerry Sandusky, according to a new audit that puts the school’s total payout in the child sex abuse scandal at nearly $93 million.The university’s audited...

Utah Man Sues College Over Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination

Nov 24 2015 // A Utah man says the college where he worked discriminated against him because he was in a same-sex marriage, denying the couple benefits and forcing him out of a job.Dustin Kennedy said in a new federal lawsuit that an...

Texas Insurance Trade Group Awards Scholarships to 17 Students

Nov 19 2015 // Seventeen students at three Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $34,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The students attend St. Mary’s...

Student Sues Pacific University in Oregon for $3M Following Rape

Nov 19 2015 // A 20-year-old Pacific University student who says another student raped her has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Oregon university.The Oregonian reported that the lawsuit says the rape occurred after both students...

Fraternity Files $25M Defamation Suit Against Rolling Stone

Nov 13 2015 // The fraternity that was the focus of a debunked Rolling Stone article about a gang rape filed a $25 million lawsuit against the magazine Monday, saying the piece made the frat and its members “the object of an...

Official Files $123K Claim Following Arizona University Mascot Pounce

Nov 13 2015 // A suburban Phoenix official filed a claim against Arizona State University, saying the school mascot seriously injured his back when the costumed character playfully leaped on him at a football game two months after...

University of Oregon Sued by 2 Ex-Counseling Center Workers

Nov 13 2015 // Two former University of Oregon counseling center employees say they were shunned, criticized and threatened with dismissal at the UO after they blew the whistle on superiors who had seized a student’s therapy...

Supreme Court to Review Religious Groups’ Claims Over Obamacare Birth Control Benefit

Nov 6 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled a new showdown over Obamacare and religious rights, agreeing to hear contentions by faith-based groups that they shouldn’t have to facilitate what they consider to be immoral...

Distillery Sues University Over Word ‘Kentucky’

Nov 5 2015 // Kentucky Mist Moonshine is suing the University of Kentucky over use of the word “Kentucky” on clothing.The company filed suit Nov. 2 in U.S. District Court. The Lexington Herald-Leader says the suit was filed...

Ex-Instructor Gets Nearly $5M Award in Missouri Discrimination Case

Nov 4 2015 // A St. Louis County jury has awarded nearly $5 million to a former Harris-Stowe State University instructor who argued the historically black school discriminated against her because she is white.Jurors returned the $4.85...

Insurers Deny Coverage to Illinois School District in Sex Abuse Case

Nov 3 2015 // A southwestern Illinois school district that paid $5.6 million to settle four lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of students by a former superintendent says its insurers are denying coverage for a fifth complaint.The Freeburg...

AIG, South Carolina’s Clemson University to Develop Risk & Analytics Center

Nov 3 2015 // American International Group, Inc. has announced an initial $4 million investment with Clemson University to develop a risk engineering and analytics center and to establish the Robert Benmosche Endowed Professorship in...

Judge Tosses Concussions Lawsuit Against Illinois Prep Group

Oct 30 2015 // An Illinois judge has dismissed the nation’s first class-action concussions lawsuit against a prep sports governing body, saying the Illinois High School Association has taken steps to make football safer and that...

West Coast Towns Vulnerable to Tsunamis Consider Ways to Save Lives

Oct 28 2015 // Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a similar...

Study Shows Pay Gaps for Women, Minorities at U. of Missouri

Oct 26 2015 // Female faculty members at the University of Missouri tend to make $16,000 less than their male counterparts, while racial and ethnic minority faculty members also make $16,000 less than their majority counterparts,...

Distillery, University of Kentucky Clash Over Use of Word ‘Kentucky’

Oct 26 2015 // The owners of Kentucky Mist distillery say University of Kentucky attorneys have sent them a letter asserting the school owns the rights to the word “Kentucky,” at least on clothing.The Mountain Eagle reports...