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Changes to CFPB will affect the average person, Lawless tells News Bureau

"It’ll just be a steady drip, drip, drip of companies trying to game the system and nickel and dime people ...
Mazzone joins CBS to discuss deportations

Mazzone joins CBS to discuss deportations

The Trump administration's moves to arrest Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil and decision not comply with a federal judge's orders ...
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Ghiotto and Wexler examine the executive order on transgender military members

In a new post on Justia Verdict, Professors Tony Ghiotto and Lesley Wexler do a deep examination of the Prioritizing ...
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New York Times quotes Thomas on Greenpeace case

In March, a North Dakota jury awarded a Texas-based pipeline company more than $660 million in damages related to protests ...
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Law.com quotes Aronson on Big Law firms discontinuing immigration work

In the second term of President Donald Trump, several Big Law firms that previously had been eager to support pro ...
Wilson reflects on the Utah Compromise a decade later

Wilson reflects on the Utah Compromise a decade later

Ten years ago, Utah passed two pieces of legislation Utah to protect religious freedom and protect LGBT individuals from discrimination ...
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Lawless discusses dismissal of bankruptcy watchdog

Tara Twomey's tenure as executive director of the U.S. Trustee Program was recently terminated by the Trump administration, drawing criticism ...
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Amar and Mazzone defend birthright citizenship clause

Writing at Justia Verdict, Professors Vikram Amar and Jason Mazzone describe the Fourteenth Amendment as perhaps the most important piece ...
The sun rises over the Illini Union. The Illini Union, which was dedicated in 1941, serves students and the campus in many ways, including housing the Illini Union Hotel, a credit union, a convenience store, information services, CITES (Campus IT) instructional facility, quick-service restaurants, a bowling alley and arcade, student performance spaces, and office space for Registered Student Organizations, student government, Student Legal Services, Student Tenant Union, LGBT Resource Center, and Union administration.

Aronson does interview on immigrant directives

Speaking to the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Professor Lauren Aronson, who serves as director of the Immigration Law ...