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By Amanda Bronstad | July 18, 2017
President Donald Trump, in court papers, has accused a lawyer and nearly two dozen law professors of lodging “inflammatory, gratuitous and untested facts and assertions” in their objections to the $25 million Trump University settlement.
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By Lloyd Dunkelberger | July 17, 2017
Meeting with college students and recent graduates dealing with the burden of student debt, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson outlined legislation that would cap rates on federal undergraduate loans at 4 percent and allow the refinancing of older loans at lower rates.
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By KAREN SLOAN | July 17, 2017
Lawyer Serranus Clinton Hastings made his fortune during the California Gold Rush and served as the first chief justice of the state's Supreme Court before giving $100,000—supposedly in gold coins—to establish the University of California's first law school in 1878.
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By Karen Sloan | July 14, 2017
One man advocated for barring Chinese immigrants; another apparently enjoyed an abhorrent pastime.
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 14, 2017
President Donald Trump in court papers has accused a lawyer and nearly two dozen law professors of lodging "inflammatory, gratuitous, and untested facts and assertions" in their objections over his $25 million Trump University settlement.
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By Andrew Denney | July 14, 2017
The ex-principal of a Catholic elementary school had not held a religious position but is nonetheless barred by the First Amendment's ministerial exception from bringing a discrimination suit against her former employer, a federal appeals court ruled.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Hearing officer correctly denied the school district's motion to enforce a waiver agreement between student's parents and the district because the hearing officer correctly found that he lacked the authority to enforce such agreements. Affirmed.
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By dailybusinessreview | Daily Business Review | July 14, 2017
The hoped-for law school “Trump Bump” might actually have legs.The number of people who took the Law School Admission Test in June climbed nearly 20 percent over last year—the largest percentage increase for any individual LSAT administration since September 2009. (Legal education observers will remember that the 2010-11 academic year was the high-water mark for national law school enrollment before a steady, six-year decline.)
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Commonwealth court properly held that the general assembly improperly delegated its powers and violated Art. II, §1 when it directed IRE physicians to use the "most recent edition" of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment in determining a claimant's ratings impairment but court erred in remanding the case because §306(a.2) was unconstitutional in its entirety. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | July 13, 2017
C.A. 2nd; B275597 The Second Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that the possibility of conflicting rulings in a case involving multiple…
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