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Home Daily News Transgender girl can stay on team, for now,… U.S. Supreme Court Transgender girl can stay on team, for now, after SCOTUS denial; action comes as US proposes new Title IX rule By Debra Cassens Weiss April 7, 2023, 9:17 am CDT Image from Shutterstock. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to … Read more
Home Daily News Exchange at Stanford Law event with Federalist… Law Schools Exchange at Stanford Law event with Federalist Society wasn’t productive, associate dean says By Stephanie Francis Ward March 24, 2023, 11:32 am CDT Stanford Law School in November 2012. Photo by King of Hearts, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A Stanford Law School administrator … Read more
Home Daily News After ‘disruptive heckling,’ Stanford Law… Law Schools After ‘disruptive heckling,’ Stanford Law requires free speech session, notes associate dean’s leave By Debra Cassens Weiss March 23, 2023, 11:09 am CDT Stanford Law School is requiring its students to attend an educational session on free speech following students’ “disruptive heckling” of a conservative … Read more
Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Protesters target law dean;… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Protesters target law dean; Florida’s Stop Woke Act blocked at universities By Debra Cassens Weiss March 17, 2023, 3:00 pm CDT Students of the New College of Florida and their supporters protested the closing in February of the college’s diversity, equity and … Read more
Home Daily News Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying… Law Firms Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying cases ‘vexatiously’ in federal court, 5th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 14, 2023, 12:46 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. A provision of federal law that allows sanctions for multiplying legal proceedings “unreasonably and vexatiously” … Read more
U.S. Supreme Court No matter what the U.S. Supreme Court does in the cases involving the Biden administration’s student loan relief plan, there is sure to be a major effect on many people’s lives and on the law. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the court heard oral arguments in two cases—Biden v. Nebraska and Department of … Read more
Home Daily News Student debt relief meets with skepticism… U.S. Supreme Court Student debt relief meets with skepticism from majority of Supreme Court justices By Debra Cassens Weiss February 28, 2023, 2:56 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel $400 billion in student debt appeared to run into trouble during U.S. … Read more
Home Daily News US uses ‘compromise and settlement’ to erase… Education Law US uses ‘compromise and settlement’ to erase law grad’s $329K debt; would it work on grander scale? By Debra Cassens Weiss February 24, 2023, 12:54 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. A little-known procedure has helped a recently retired 91-year-old law school graduate who … Read more
Home Daily News South Carolina laws that prosecute kids for… Juvenile Justice South Carolina laws that prosecute kids for ‘disorderly’ conduct are unconstitutional, 4th Circuit says By Amanda Robert February 23, 2023, 3:22 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down two South Carolina laws that punish elementary and secondary … Read more
Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Judge orders reform of school-funding… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Judge orders reform of school-funding system; BigLaw malpractice suit settles By Debra Cassens Weiss February 10, 2023, 2:44 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. School-funding system violates state constitution, judge says A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that the state’s school-funding system, which … Read more