Upping the ante in negotiations over the potential return to the Republic of Peru of Inca artifacts obtained by an explorer affiliated with Yale University almost 100 years ago, the…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday on whether Title IX is the only basis for a lawsuit filed by parents who say their 5-year-old daughter was sexually harassed…
A Texas couple has filed suit against their local school district in what is believed to be the first legal challenge of an increasingly popular background check system that screens…
Four current and former high school students in Washington state sued the Puyallup School District in federal court yesterday, contending that their names were used without their permission in a…
Authorities in Monroe County have decided not to file criminal charges over an incident in which several girls at Trinity Lutheran School reportedly were required to strip to their underwear…
The Los Angeles Times launched an investigation into an investigation to determine for itself whether there was wrongdoing when a man suspected of sexual misconduct was allowed to have contact…
Since it began using a race-blind admissions process after voters passed Prop. 2 in 2006, the University of Michigan has seen an 8 percent drop in minority enrollment. But statewide,…
Several more New York lawyers have settled with the state attorney general in an ongoing probe of attorneys in private practice who for years have simultaneously earned benefits and government…
Sidley Austin was one of several law firms competing for a chance to represent an Oregon school district seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of an education ruling.
When the school year started yesterday, a small district in Texas reportedly made history as the first in the country to allow teachers to carry concealed firearms.
A year ago, Juan Gomez was facing deportation after his high school graduation, despite his stellar record both in the classroom and as a star player on the football team.
A former associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore has drawn worldwide attention with his latest salvo in a self-described litigation “jihad” against feminism.
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