Word: legalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...With his legal troubles now permanently behind him and his year-long sabbatical over, Shleifer says he continues to concentrate on the things that are most important to him: students, colleagues, and research...
...Isaac sued the University after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission granted him a “right-to-sue notice” in April 1980, and, after a nine-year battle, eventually settled the suit out of court, with Harvard agreeing to pay for his legal fees and as well as offering to give him a position as a Fellow...
...options that might be more suited to their needs. Yet that trust has been betrayed by a series of revelations that administrators at colleges across the country who are supposed to help students are often in bed with loan companies. Thankfully, there has been a groundswell of public and legal pressure that has begun to reform student loans. We hope that pressure does not abate so that lenders are kept in check and students are not swindled.In addition to the socio-economic barriers to going to college, international students are forced to navigate the jungle of student and work visas...
...Toobin—the New Yorker writer and CNN legal analyst—covers deeper waters today, but they were ones he never intended to swim...
...Though Simpson's legal work primarily involved research for companies seeking federal government contracts, she says she also did "opposition research" on Siegelman as a volunteer in Riley's campaign in 2002. A lifelong G.O.P. supporter, she says she has long been friendly with Riley's son, Rob Riley, whom she met at the University of Alabama and worked with on various legal cases...