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One of the female law students filing for JURIST from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has written the following open letter to law students in the United States. We are publishing it here in its entirety with minimal editing, so as to preserve the author’s voice. I’m writing from 7000 miles away from you. Yes, I’m writing from Afghanistan, the country of misery. Hello my dear friends. I’m a law st...

(Bloomberg) -- Starbucks Corp. violated federal law in its push to defeat workers’ organizing efforts, according to a labor board complaint filed by the group trying to unionize several of the coffee chain’s New York stores. Most Read from Bloomberg Company management has responded to unionization efforts “by engaging in a campaign of threats, intimidation, surveillance” and other illegal act...

Two Democratic lawmakers hope to repeal a law approved earlier this year that requires surveys of college and university professors “to assess the status of intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on campus. The GOP-backed legislation (HB 233) also blocks the state Board of Education and Board of Governors from shielding students and employees and colleges and universities from controve...

U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar/courtesy photo There was some suspense at the Supreme Court on November 1, when new Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar took to the lectern for her first appearance in that position. Would she be called General Prelogar? The answer came swiftly, when Roberts began the oral argument: “We’ll hear argument next in Case 21-588, United States v. Texas.” H...

Snidely Whiplash kidnaps Nell and, in the show’s opening, ties her to the railroad tracks to get even with his nemesis, Dudley Do-Right, of the famed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Menacing music plays. In each episode, dastardly Whiplash tweaks his mustache and tries to implement some nefarious scheme. Will Dudley do the right thing, as the defender of justice and fair play, by saving the da...

File photo COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio high school students will soon be required to complete a financial literacy course under a new bill signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine last week. Sponsored by senators Steve Wilson and Rob McColley, Senate Bill 1 would require students who enter 9th grade on or after January 2022 to fulfill a course in financial literacy. In order to complete the program,...

Associated Press LANSING — The primary funder of a ballot drive to toughen Michigan's voter identification law and restrict mass mailings of unsolicited absentee ballot applications is Ron Weiser, chairman of the state Republican Party. Secure MI Vote filed a statement Tuesday showing that Weiser donated $80,000 out of roughly $85,000 the committee raised between Sept. 30 and Oct. 26. The gr...

Brian J. Shoot (Courtesy photo) As I’ve said in columns past, Appellate Division dissents are often illuminating because they tend to focus on the fault lines of the law, the boundaries within which reasonable people may differ. I today consider two issues that recently generated Appellate Division dissents. One issue, concerning construction and application of one of the most often cited Rul...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / November 4, 2021 / Jakubowitz Law announces that securities fraud class action lawsuits have commenced on behalf of shareholders of the following publicly-traded companies who purchased shares within the class periods listed below. Shareholders interested in representing the class of wronged shareholders have until the lead plaintiff deadline to petition the court....

This story is about Michigan Law School, but it could just as easily be about any number of law schools over the coming months. As the holiday season hits and exams finish up, schools are going to throw celebrations for their students. And those students will show up because they’re human and need some measure of social contact. Plus, an open bar and some appetizers go a long way until that s...