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University of California Regents to Pay $1.5M in Hostile Work Environment Case
Aug 9 2019 // A Los Angeles jury has ordered the University of California Board of Regents to pay $1.58 million to a woman who alleged co-workers made harassing and racially charged comments. The verdict was announced Tuesday by lawyers...
Dartmouth Settles Lawsuit Over Sexual Misconduct by Professors for $14M
Aug 9 2019 // Dartmouth College announced Tuesday that it has settled a contentious federal lawsuit with nine women who sued the school over allegations that it ignored years of harassment and assault by former psychology department...
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Launches High School Program
Aug 8 2019 // Austin, TX, August 8, 2019 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announces the creation of a high school program for students interested in attaining an insurance certification. The Certified...
University Lawsuit Accuses Big Retailers of Infringing ‘Reinvented’ Light Bulb Patent
Jul 31 2019 // Five major retailers, including Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc, were sued on Tuesday by the University of California over what it called the “existential threat” when foreign manufacturers infringe...
Rice U. Says Its Hurricane Plan for Houston Better Than $20B Coastal Barrier
Jul 30 2019 // For about a decade, two of Texas’ top universities have pushed dueling plans to protect the Houston-Galveston region from hurricanes. A concept championed by Texas A&M University at Galveston appears to be...
North Carolina College Requests Campus Shooting Suit Be Dismissed
Jul 25 2019 // A North Carolina university is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a fatal shooting on its campus in 2018. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Wake Forest University is disputing the allegations...
ICT’s ‘Speed Interviews’ Connect Texas College Students with Insurance Pros
Jul 17 2019 // On July 11, the Insurance Council of Texas’ (ICT’s) 4th Annual Speed Interview and Network Session connected students from universities across Texas with 23 insurance companies and agencies. “The speed...
Harvard University Invests in Litigation Finance Fund
Jul 12 2019 // Harvard University is committing more capital to a strategy that backs plaintiffs in commercial disputes, delivering robust uncorrelated returns. The strategy is run by IMF Bentham Ltd., a publicly traded company which...
Building Soundness Investigated After Nevada University Dorm Blast
Jul 10 2019 // Investigators are assessing the structural safety of two University of Nevada, Reno, dormitories that usually house 1,300 students, days after explosions injured eight people but none seriously. Nevada University Regents...
North Carolina to Host Flood Insurance Conferences; Will Offer Agents CE Credits
Jun 25 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has set up five flood insurance conferences statewide between July and September designed to educate the public, insurance and real estate agents of the need to purchase flood...
10 People at Clark Atlanta University Treated After Chemical Spill in Science Building
Jun 24 2019 // At least 10 people had to be decontaminated after a worker at a university in Atlanta spilled a chemical, creating a white cloud inside a science building. News outlets report everyone was evacuated Friday from the...
NFL Passing Player Injury Prevention Research and Ideas Onto Colleges
Jun 20 2019 // The NFL’s top medical experts are asking college football physicians and trainers to help make the game safer. They want the NCAA to pitch in, too. Dr. Allen Sills and Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice...
Ohio College: $44M Jury Award to Business Not ‘Final Outcome’
Jun 17 2019 // An Ohio college ordered to pay $44 million in damages to the owners of a market who said the school ruined their business by branding them as racists said the jury awards are “not the final outcome.” “We...
Geneva Association Elects 4 Board Members from Ping An, Prudential, PICC and Aviva
Jun 17 2019 // The Geneva Association, the global organization of insurance and reinsurance chief executive officers (CEOs), announced the election of four new board members. They are: Yuansiong Lee, co-CEO, Ping An Insurance Co. of...
16 More Alumni Sue Ohio State Over Abuse by Team Doctor
Jun 14 2019 // Sixteen more Ohio State University alumni have sued the university over how school officials dealt with a team doctor who an investigation recently concluded had sexually abused at least 177 young men between 1979 and...
Scientists Vow to Report Flood Risk for Every U.S. Property for Free
Jun 14 2019 // In a major research undertaking, a group of scientists and a technology nonprofit technology organization have set a mission to calculate the past, current and future flood risk of every property in America. While...
11 Texas Colleges to Share $1.1M in Safety Education Grants from Texas Mutual
Jun 12 2019 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it is awarding $1.1 million in grants to 11 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the general public. The company said it began its...
Former UCLA Gynecologist Pleads Not Guilty to Patient Sex Abuse
Jun 12 2019 // A retired gynecologist who worked at the University of California, Los Angeles for decades has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing two patients during examinations and the campus is asking anyone who may have other...
Duke University to Pay $54M to Settle Suit Over Hiring Agreement with UNC
Jun 7 2019 // Duke University is agreeing to pay $54.5 million to settle claims that it and nearby University of North Carolina conspired to hold down salaries of medical professors by agreeing not to hire staff away from each...
University of Alaska, Former Professor Sued over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Jun 3 2019 // A lawsuit has been filed against a retired University of Alaska Anchorage anthropology professor who is banned from campus over sexual misconduct allegations by multiple women. David Yesner is named in the federal lawsuit...
