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Jury Awards $1.25 Million in University Harassment Case But Denies Retaliation Claim

A jury awarded $1.25 million to a former Columbia University finance professor whose senior colleague sent dozens of emails disparaging her to industry professionals after she lodged a harassment complaint against him. The verdict is a fraction of the $16 …

Jury Could Define University Liability in Sexual Harassment Trial

A federal jury will decide what really happened between a former junior finance professor and the tenured Columbia Business School staff member she said sexually harassed her — and whether the university did enough to protect her once she reported …

Student Whose Hand Crushed by Meteorite Sues Arizona University

A University of Arizona student is suing the school after a 270-pound meteorite crushed his hand. The Arizona Republic reported that the lawsuit filed in Pima County Superior Court earlier this week says freshman Grant Black tried to move a …

Judge Agrees to Hear Opponent of NCAA $75M Concussion Settlement

A U.S. judge declined to immediately approve the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s $75 million settlement of a lawsuit by college athletes who’ve suffered head injuries, giving a critic of the accord three weeks to file arguments opposing the revamped deal. …