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News Aug 11, 2019

Students for Justice in Palestine Win Historic Lawsuit

For over two years, five Fordham students have waged a legal battle against Fordham University to establish a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter at the Lincoln Center campus. On Aug. 5, the students landed a victory in court when Justice Nancy Bannon annulled the university’s decision to overrule United Students Government (USG) vote to grant club status to SJP. SJP has faced resistance from the University to attain full club rights and privileges since 2015. In December 2016, Keith Eldredge, dean of students, said that the group’s presence on campus would be “polarizing,” and made a final decision to permanently ban the group. The university’s decision resulted in The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) listing Fordham University as one of the 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2017. The ranking has been bemoaned by students on both sides of the political aisle, and is frequently used as an argument against the University involving itself in student demonstrations…

News Aug 7, 2019

UCLA Gynecologist Hit With Class Action Lawsuit

Two women said in a federal class action lawsuit they were sexually assaulted by a former gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles. The lawsuit states Dr. James Heaps sexually assaulted the women and made sexually inappropriate comments during their appointments. The class action lawsuit is the latest lawsuit to be filed against Heaps and UCLA, though others have …

Lawsuits Jul 25, 2019

Nebraska AG Files Lawsuit Against Hilton for Resort Fees

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Lawsuits May 29, 2019

Dozens of Men Who Went to Ohio State Are Suing the University. They Claim a Doctor Was a Sexual Predator

(CNN) A total of 37 former Ohio State students filed a lawsuit against the school Wednesday alleging the university “actively concealed” its knowledge of actions by a doctor who they say was a sexual predator. Sexual abuse allegations against Dr. Richard Strauss — who died by suicide in 2005 — emerged last year after former Ohio State athletes came forward to claim the doctor had sexually …

Class-Actions, News May 21, 2019

Yale Students File Class Action Lawsuit Against University Over Sexual Discrimination

Three Yale students have filed an 85-page class action lawsuit against the university in federal court, alleging gender discrimination. NBC Connecticut’s Keisha Grant sat down with the students spearheading a lawsuit against Yale University and its fraternities to find out why they call the culture on campus dangerous. “It’s a class action lawsuit on behalf of all women,” McNeil explained. They …

News May 21, 2019

Trump DOJ Wants Role in Lawsuit Over Pay at 2 NC Med Schools | Belleville News-Democrat

The judge hearing the case set Monday as a new deadline for lawyers for Duke University and former Duke physician Dr. Danielle Seaman to file their preliminary settlement. Unlimited Digital Access: Only $0.99 For Your First Month Get full access to Belleville News-Democrat content across all your devices. The case springs from Seaman’s thwarted effort to move from her position at Duke to a …

News May 18, 2019

Ohio State Football Players Were Abused by Team Physician: Lawsuit

Clouds pass above The Ohio State University’s football stadium, Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Richard Strauss, a now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students from the 1970s through the 1990s, and numerous university officials got wind of what was going on over the years but did little or nothing to stop him, according to a report released by the …

Lawsuits Mar 1, 2018

UA Fraternity Sued Over Shared Photos; Woman Accuses Members of Emailing Sexually Explicit Images

A lawsuit filed Friday claims Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity should be held responsible for sexually explicit photographs taken without consent and then distributed to an email network for University of Arkansas, Fayetteville fraternity members. The woman suing the national organization — Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Inc. — and the UA fraternity chapter — Gamma Chi Zeta of Lambda …

Lawsuits Mar 1, 2018

Nigerian Government Motions to Join Lawsuit Against ASU

The Federal Republic of Nigeria filed a motion in federal court Monday to join approximately 40 Nigerian students in a lawsuit against Alabama State University. The motion is the latest movement in a lawsuit filed in Aug. 2016 that initially listed the Nigerian government as a defendant, a decision Julian McPhillips, attorney for the students, said was a formality at the time. The lawsuit claims that throughout the students’ expected four-year tenure, ASU erroneously charged …

Lawsuits Jan 25, 2018

Suit Claims University, Sorority and Party Host Are Liable in Student’s 2013 Death

Shortly after midnight on Oct. 18, 2013, 19-year-old Ethan P. Connolly, a sophomore at the University of Delaware, was fatally hit by a truck while walking across Del. 896. Earlier, he had attended an off-campus sorority party near where he was hit and toxicology reports showed he had alcohol in his system when he died. In a lawsuit, his parents want a New Castle County Superior Court judge to hold the university, the sorority and those that hosted the party liable for his death. “Had (the defendants) executed their duty to make sure Ethan traveled back to campus on the bus, he would not have perished, drunk or not,” the lawsuit states. The legal filings claim the university and other defendants were negligent in efforts to prevent underage drinking and protect those attending the sorority party from the danger of such drinking. The lawsuit asks a jury to award unspecified compensatory and punitive damages to Connolly’s estate. …