UC named in age discrimination suit | West Virginia Record

Janet Ruge worked at South Ruffner for almost 25 years.

Kanawha school board, U.C. named in personal injury suit | West Virginia Record

Charleston woman alleges unspecified injuries from fall sustained at U.C. Stadium in 2008.

New life for lawsuit on grants to businesses | Tonawanda News

N.Y. appellate court grants reprieve to "Mother of All Lawsuits" filed by TEA Party activist James Ostrowski in 2008 challenging constitutionality of corporate welfare

Woman sues Sodexho over injury at University of Charleston | West Virginia Record

A woman is suing Sodexho Services and other Sodexho companies after she slipped and fell. Sodexho Services Inc.; Sodexo Inc.; Sodexo Operations LLC; Sodexo America LLC; and Sodexo Management Inc. were hired to perform janitorial, maintenance and food-related services at the University of Charleston, according to a complaint filed Oct. 27 in Kanawha Circuit Court.

'White African-American' Suing N.J. Med School for Discrimination

Can a white guy be African-American?

Paulo Serodio says he is.

Born and raised in Mozambique and now a naturalized U.S. citizen, Serodio, 45, has filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey medical school, claiming he was harassed and ultimately suspended for identifying himself during a class cultural exercise as a "white African-American."

"I wouldn't wish this to my worst enemy," he said. "I'm not exaggerating. This has destroyed my life, my career."

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Are universities above the law?

by Peter Berkowitz

Three lawsuits--against Dartmouth College and Duke and Princeton universities--may be the best things to happen to higher education in decades. The Dartmouth suit, though recently withdrawn, focused attention on the role of alumni in college affairs. The Duke case raises the question of the extent to which courts will require universities to observe their own rules and regulations. The Princeton case puts at issue the enforceability of restricted gifts. All three expose the often opaque governing structures under which colleges and universities operate and bring into focus the need for transparency and accountability in higher education.More than the scope of universities' legal responsibilities is at stake here. That's because upholding the rule of law on campus can contribute to the reform of university governance--and the reform of university governance is an indispensable precondition for the restoration of a liberal education -worthy of the name.

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