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Stanford University Says It’s Investigating a Cyber Incident

Stanford University said on Friday that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident that struck its Department of Public Safety. The university said in a statement that the breach didn’t appear to “impact police response to emergencies,” and that the affected …

New Securities Class Actions Including M&As Down But SPAC-Related Suits Up

Plaintiffs filed 112 new securities class action lawsuits in federal and state courts in the first half of 2021, down 25% from the second half of 2020. This was the lowest number of filings since the first half of 2015, …

Suit Accuses California University of Mishandling Sex Assault Reports

A Stanford University graduate student claimed in a federal lawsuit that the school failed to adequately investigate and discipline a former student who was a “known sexual predator” while attending the college and sexually assaulted her and other female students …