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Genevieve Lakier Discusses the First Amendment and the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Last year, pro-Palestinian “liberation zones” popped up all over American campuses, demanding that universities divest from Israel and advocating for an end to the war in Gaza. -
Genevieve Lakier Writes About Title VI and the First Amendment
The anti-war protests that engulfed campuses around the country over the last academic year have made crystal clear the powerful role that universities play as regulators of political speech—and the corresponding importance of Title VI as a law that regulates speech. -
Plaintiffs Announce $13.5M Settlement With the University of Chicago Regarding Allegations That It Engaged in Price-Fixing With Sixteen Other Elite Universities in Awarding Financial Aid
In papers filed in federal court, the Plaintiffs announced that the University of Chicago has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle an antitrust class action brought by a proposed class of current and former students who received financial aid at seventeen elite universities. -
Judge won't dismiss class action lawsuit accusing elite colleges, universities of financial aid collusion
Plaintiffs claims tuition would've been cheaper but for an agreement among some of America's top colleges and universities, including University of Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Brown, Yale, Cal Tech, MIT and Duke, among others. -
Gardiner can't end lawsuit from 45th Ward residents who say the alderman illegally blocked them on Facebook
Judge says Gardiner's Facebook page could be considered a protected public forum -
Nationwide class action blocked vs McDonald's over 'no-poach' employment policy; Judge: Lawyers reached for 'jackpot'
A group of female plaintiffs said McDonald's policies, which were abandoned in 2017, violated federal antitrust law. The judge said there is evidence the policies may have actually strengthened competition among franchisees. -
7th Circuit appeals panel backs NLRB ruling that U of Chicago student employees can organize
University of Chicago said its student workers' temporary status should prevent collective bargaining -
Amicus briefs touting, opposing Obama Center Jackson Park plan stoke court fight
With the fate of the legal challenge to the Obama Presidential Center's Jackson Park proposal at stake, scholars and others have field briefs, either lauding the benefits of the museum plan, or arguing the project demands more scrutiny, particularly given the cozy relationship between Obama and Chicago city officials, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel. -
BENESCH FRIEDLANDER COPLAN & ARONOFF: Benesch’s Chicago Office Keeps Growing with Four New Attorneys
As Benesch continues to add to its roster of top-notch legal talent, the firm is pleased to announce that four new attorneys—Michael E. Bloom, Lowell D. Jacobson, Suzanne M. Alton de Eraso, and Kate Watson Moss—have joined the firm’s Chicago office. -
Trump's NLRB may undo rule giving grad students right to unionize; unions taking different approach
The Trump administration may push back—if it can—an Obama-era National Labor Relations Board decision that gave U.S. college and university graduate student workers the right to organize, which has been embraced by major unions. -
NLRB OKs grad student worker unionization, opens up new litigation risks for colleges
In a landmark decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that graduate students employed at private universities have the right to unionize. And while benefits won in potential collective bargaining may increase costs and tuition, it may also open colleges and universities to greater risks of being sued.
