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January 15, 2008

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Opinion: Punishment Fit the Crime?

Laying Down the Law: Handling Harassment

Cases Noted: Demanding Resources or a Lawsuit

Liability Tip: Computer Users Need Basic Security

Just Ask: reference letter risks

Follow-up: Judgement in Dorm Fire Deaths

Focus On… GLBT Rights Demonstrations

Cross Examination: A Tale of Two Orders

Cases of the Month: Curbing False ID Use

Opinion: Scared of the Big Judgments?

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Focus On…: In the Wake of the Tragedy

In the months that have passed since the tragic spring 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech, many new issues have come up, some related to compensation for the families of those killed and injured.

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Follow-up: Opening the Door for Unions

Lawmakers in Wisconsin are considering legislation that would allow state university system faculty and staff to form unions.

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Resources: Understanding and Responding to Stalking

Experts suggest that over 1.3 million people in America are victimized by stalking each year. Many of the victims are in college campus communities.

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Liability Tip: Responding to Overseas Crisis With a growing number of student traveling overseas each year for an international academic experience, the likelihood of an international crisis involving students increases.

Cross Examination: Press Still Free Decades Later The 1983 student burglary and theft charges had been printed in the Cornell University student newspaper but when an Internet search found the old article in 2007, the accused student sued..