Law, Courts & Regulations
This report tells of some of the controversies that FIRE has highlighted or intervened in over the nearly two decades we have spent fighting for freedom of speech on campuses. The artwork described he...
State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota Search all Cases In early 2022, the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota invited Embracing Our Differences to host an art exhibition on its Bradenton c...
Crete, Nebraska Search all Schools Doane University has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request form . Doane Univ...
The majority-white state of Santa Catarina enacted a January law that banned race-based affirmative action at public universities and state-funded colleges, despite precedent that such systems are con...
Hamline University Search all Cases In December 2022, reports circulated that Hamline University nonrenewed art history instructor Erika López Prater for showing medieval artwork of the Islamic prophe...
The Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court ruling Friday, allowing oil and gas companies to move a lawsuit over Louisiana coastal damage to federal court. The case, stemming from World War I...
Asia Carrera, a retired adult film actress who graduated from St. Mary's Law in 2024, has successfully passed the Texas bar exam on her second attempt. The February 2026 exam marked a personal victory...
Equity partners had a good year.The post2025 Was Hella Profitable For Biglawappeared first onAbove the Law.
Moscow, Idaho Search all Schools University of Idaho has been given the speech code rating Yellow. Yellow light colleges and universities are those institutions with at least one ambiguous policy that...
Shutterstock Participants at the 2024 Pride Bigger Than Texas Night parade. Texas Tech has two months to shut down its sex and gender courses after the university system passed sweeping new guidance. ...
The city and the homeless residents agreed on a settlement meant to improve safe parking lots more than a year ago.
Amendments proposed by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger could delay collective bargaining and impact the makeup of a labor oversight board, among other changes.
Operations of the Santa Ynez pipeline system have been halted by a federal consent decree since a 2015 oil spill. Last month, the Trump administration ordered production to restart.
The opportunity costs of filing income tax returns.The postStat(s) Of The Week: 1040 Bluesappeared first onAbove the Law.
The appellate panel appeared puzzled by the Golden State allowing some vaccination exemptions while refusing the same religious relief that most other U.S. states provide.
Modern-day convenience ... or thin edge of the wedge?The postAttorneys Should Often Avoid Texting Clients And Counselappeared first onAbove the Law.
Several ethics watchdog groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs challenging the president’s lawsuit.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit reversed the lower court’s dismissal of a putative class action against Target, which sold 100% cotton bed sheets claiming thread counts of 600 or more, which is impo...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Judy Sheindlin, best known as Judge Judy, lost her defamation lawsuit against media tabloid Accelerate360, which had published a story that stated Judge Judy believed Lyle and Erik ...
The S&P 500 broke through the 7,000-point mark this week, as progress with the Strait of Hormuz caused several bull rushes on Wall Street.