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Asian-American Groups Target Harvard, UNC for Alleged Racial Bias in Admissions

May 18 2015 // A coalition of more than 60 Asian-American groups filed a federal discrimination action against Harvard University, claiming racial bias in undergraduate admissions. The administrative complaint follows the filing of a...

Ohio Lt. Gov./Insurance Director Taylor Tackles Multiple Roles

May 18 2015 // As Ohio’s lieutenant governor, top insurance regulator and leader of a statewide regulatory reform initiative, it might seem that Mary Taylor’s public responsibilities would often pull in her in conflicting...

North Carolina’s Appalachian State Wins 2015 RIMS Risk Management Challenge

May 18 2015 // Appalachian State University’s risk management student team has been named the winner of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. The announcement was made at the RIMS 2015 Conference & Exhibition Finale, by...

Ohio’s Lt. Governor/Insurance Director Focused on Streamlining Regulation

May 18 2015 // As Ohio’s lieutenant governor, top insurance regulator and leader of a statewide regulatory reform initiative, it might seem that Mary Taylor’s public responsibilities would often pull in her in conflicting...

Arizona Court Rules School District Has Immunity From Negligence Suit

May 15 2015 // An Arizona appellate court has ruled that Tucson Unified School District has legal immunity from a lawsuit accusing it of negligently hiring a teaching assistant later convicted of attempting to secretly record a...

Miami Dade College Reaches $33.5M Settlement in Fatal Parking Garage Collapse

May 14 2015 // A settlement has been reached in the case involving a collapsed parking garage at Miami Dade College.The Miami Herald reports the college reached a $33.5 million settlement with the contractor and subcontractors hired to...

Iowa Jury Awards Injured Ex-High School Football Player $1M

May 13 2015 // A jury in Iowa has awarded a former Bedford High School football player almost $1 million in a case involving the school’s response to head injuries.The Des Moines Register reports 18-year-old Kacey Strough had a...

Idaho College Wants Judge to Reject Student’s $1.5M Vaccine Lawsuit

May 13 2015 // A Boise State University student is suing school officials in federal court because he contends they discriminated against him by refusing to give him a meningitis vaccine designed for younger adults. Christopher Burdge...

Suit Against New Mexico College Becomes Class Action Proceeding

May 12 2015 // A New Mexico district court judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by eight former Dona Ana Community College students against the school will become a class-action proceeding.Las Cruces Sun-News reported that the initial...

Former Utah University Employee Files Suit Against University

May 8 2015 // A former Utah State University employee who was fired for accepting gifts says he didn’t receive proper ethics training from the university.The Herald Journal reported that the university’s former outdoor...

Southeast Schools Hoping to Fill Need for Insurance Cybersecurity Experts

May 5 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...

North Carolina’s Appalachian State Wins 2015 RIMS Risk Management Challenge

Apr 30 2015 // Appalachian State University’s risk management student team has been named the winner of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. The announcement was made at the RIMS 2015 Conference & Exhibition Finale, by...

Title IX Cases Against Columbia and Vassar Are Dismissed

Apr 30 2015 // Two separate federal judges in Manhattan have shown that it’s difficult to prove that a college’s procedures for handling sexual assault allegations violate Title IX.In the past month, both Columbia University...

2 Former Women’s Basketball Players Sue Utah College

Apr 24 2015 // Two former Dixie State University women’s basketball players are accusing the Utah college of racial, sexual and religious discrimination in a federal lawsuit.The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reported the two...

Texas Insurers Group Honors 26 Students with Spring Scholarships

Apr 23 2015 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation awarded 26 students at five Texas universities, $21,000 in academic scholarships.The students attend the University of Houston Downtown, the University of Texas at...

Southeast Schools Hoping to Fill Need for Insurance Cybersecurity Experts

Apr 20 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...

Illinois Prep Sports Group: Concussions Lawsuit ‘Threatens’ Football

Apr 15 2015 // The nation’s first prep sports governing body to face a class-action concussions lawsuit has asked an Illinois judge to dismiss the suit, arguing that if it prevails, it could kill football programs statewide.In its...

Colorado School District Liability Bill Moving Through Legislature

Apr 15 2015 // A novel approach to make public schools liable for campus violence under a measure is advancing in Colorado, even as lawmakers from both parties wonder whether liability will prevent the next mass shooting.The bill that...

Alabama College Receives FAA Approval to Offer Drone Courses

Apr 14 2015 // Alabama’s Auburn University aviation center plans to offer courses about how to fly drones.The school said last week it has received federal approval to operate a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight School as part...

Lawsuit: South Carolina Discriminates Against Black University

Apr 8 2015 // As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial...