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Judge Refuses to Stay Suspension of Student for Giving ‘Noogies’

A New York judge has refused to stay the suspension of a student who is accused of giving a teacher “noogies” despite her requests to stop. Lynbrook High School had suspended 14-year-old Ethan Mirenberg for nine months after a hearing officer determined he gave a teacher noogies—which he administered by…

May 20, 2008 12:24 PM CDT

Targeted in N.Y. Public Benefits Probe, Private Lawyers Plan Class Action

Updated: It almost had to happen. Targeted in an ongoing investigated by the New York attorney general’s office as well as other state and federal agencies over possible public benefits and tax fraud, at least some of the “hundreds and hundreds” of lawyers who reportedly are the focus of the…

May 14, 2008 6:34 PM CDT

‘100s and 100s’ of N.Y. Lawyers Involved in Pension Scheme, AG Says

Updated: “Hundreds and hundreds” of New York lawyers will be implicated in a statewide scheme in which non-employees have improperly been enrolled in the public pension system, the state attorney general says. The situation was initially reported by Newsday as involving several lawyers in private practice representing Long Island school…

May 9, 2008 3:26 PM CDT

‘Perk of Partnership’ at N.Y. Law Firm: Public Pension for No-Show Job

For some lawyers at one Albany, N.Y., area law firm, getting a public pension for a no-show school district job was a standard “perk of partnership,” a state prosecutor said at a news conference today. “Ellen Biben, special deputy attorney general for public integrity, said a number of lawyers of…

May 8, 2008 11:43 PM CDT

6 San Diego State Frats Suspended After Massive Drug Bust

After the arrest of 75 students and 21 others in a massive drug bust centered on San Diego State University, the school has suspended six fraternities pending a further investigation of their role. Authorities said some frat members dealt drugs openly, and an affidavit contends that drug profits may have…

May 7, 2008 8:47 PM CDT

75 Students, 21 Others Arrested in San Diego State Drug Bust

A six-month investigation sparked by the overdose death of a student has resulted in the arrest of 96 people allegedly involved in a San Diego State University-centered drug operation. Seven fraternity houses were reportedly infiltrated during the investigation. “Agents allegedly discovered evidence of widespread drug-dealing among some fraternity members,” writes…

May 6, 2008 9:02 PM CDT

Accused of Padding Timesheets, N.Y. Lawyer Quits Part-Time Job & Law Firm

Updated: A New York law firm at which 12 attorneys reportedly have been under investigation in an ongoing statewide probe of school district pension payments to lawyers is now in the news for another reason. James McCarthy, who was counsel to the Albany, N.Y., law firm until Friday, has resigned…

May 5, 2008 7:35 PM CDT

Ex-Oral Roberts Profs Request $2.5M in Demand Letter

Two former professors at Oral Roberts University are seeking $2.5 million to settle their lawsuit contending they were forced to leave after exposing financial wrongdoing. The lawsuit contends university president Richard Roberts used school money to remodel his family home 11 times in 14 years, pay for his daughter’s $29,000…

Apr 29, 2008 1:23 PM CDT

New York AG Pension Probe Focuses on 12 Attorneys from 1 Law Firm

Updated: At least a dozen present and former attorneys at an Albany, N.Y., law firm are now reportedly being investigated by the state attorney general as part of an ongoing pension scandal probe. The 12 allegedly may have received improper credits in the state’s pension system because they were listed…

Apr 24, 2008 3:24 PM CDT

Judge: School Wrong to Allow Gideons to Pass Out Bibles

Within hours of a federal court ruling that a Louisiana school district violated the First Amendment by allowing Gideons International to pass out pocket bibles to fifth-graders last May, a unanimous school board voted to appeal the case to the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit. “We are somewhat surprised, but very…

Apr 23, 2008 1:23 PM CDT

$7.4 M Legal Bill Stuns Officials in Mich. Girls Sports Season Case

Officials at the Michigan High School Athletic Association are still reeling, weeks after a federal judge awarded $7.4 million in legal fees to the prevailing plaintiff in a 10-year-old case contending that Michigan’s sports seasons discriminated against girls. Now, saying that an award of prejudgment interest, in particular, came as…

Apr 22, 2008 7:53 PM CDT

Oxford U Students Not Smart Enough to Avoid Facebook Fines

They attend one of the world’s most renowned institutions of higher learning. But even after students learned that proctors at Oxford University are logging onto Facebook in search of evidence, many haven’t been able to resist participating in—and posting online photographs of–excessive celebration of their upcoming graduation. Hence, the proctors…

Apr 18, 2008 11:16 PM CDT

4 Lawyers from 1 Law Firm Wrongly Included in N.Y. Pension System

Updated: Four attorneys working for a prominent education law firm in Albany, N.Y., have been disqualified from the state pension system by New York’s comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, because they were not employees but independent contractors. The four Girvin & Ferlazzo attorneys additionally were shown in records as having worked 1,157…

Apr 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT

Coach Can’t Kneel in Prayer With Players

The Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit ruled Tuesday against a football coach who sued after his school district barred him from kneeling in prayer with his players. In the closely watched school prayer case, the court ruled that the East Brunswick, N.J., school district didn’t violate the rights of Marcus Borden when…

Apr 16, 2008 8:57 PM CDT

N.Y. Schools Lawyer-Pay Probe Expands to All Professionals in Gov’t Work

An ever-expanding state probe by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of possible pension irregularities now extends far beyond lawyers in private practice who worked for the state’s 700-plus school districts. It now potentially encompasses, seemingly, virtually every professional who has worked for a state agency, and may also involve…

Apr 15, 2008 6:37 PM CDT

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