Academic

Public Law Schools Raise Tuition to Offset State Budget Cuts and Endowment Losses
In next week's National Law Journal: At Public Law Schools, Tuition Jumps Sharply; Students May Pay as Much as 20% More at Some State Institutions, by Karen Sloan: Double-digit tuition increases loom for students at some of the country's top public law schools...

At Public Law Schools, Tuition Jumps Sharply
The National Law Journal (Law.com): "Double-digit tuition increases loom for students at some of the country's top public law schools...

Harvard to Waive Tuition for 3Ls Who Agree to Work in Public Interest for 5 Years
Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tuition Break (New York Times), by Jonathan D...

How High Can Tuition Go?
Each year, colleges and universities hike tuition, typically by more than the rate of inflation...

Harvard announces Zero Tuition for Public Interest Students in their 3L year
HLS announced that it "plans to waive tuition for third-year students who pledge to spend five years working either for nonprofit organizations or the government" from NY Times coverage, the story is here and the HLS press release is here...

Havard to Waive 3rd Year Tuition for Students Pursuing Public Interest Careers
The ABA Journal reports: “A new program at Harvard Law School that will waive third-year tuition for students who commit to five-year public interest careers is attracting more interest than expected...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

How to learn content of deceased parent's will?
go to the court house where your father died or the county he lived in. It is pu...

How can I prove my wife only married me to get a green card?
The problem with an annulment is that they are hard to get-- they are not someth...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

Nursing Home Abuse
New Data Made Public

The Princeton Reivew
Personal Data Made Public on Tens of Thousands of Florida Students

Public Safety Radio
M/A-COM Inc. to pay $4 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit.

Utilities Whistleblower
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account.

Consulting Contract
Racine Unified School District agrees to pay Public Business Consulting Group a $750,000 settlement.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...