NBA INTEREST?

 The NBA playoffs have been going on for a few weeks.  

I cannot get excited about the NBA playoffs.  

Gregory Chandler 

THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES--NATIONAL CHAMPIONS IN MEN'S BASKETBALL

 

The University of Michigan Wolverines defeated the University of Connecticut Huskies 69-63 to win the men's championship in college basketball.   

Gregory Chandler  

March Is About Basketball

 

March brings basketball into focus.  I am looking forward to the college basketball games.  

Gregory Chandler, Attorney at Law

NFL

 

I have neglected to blog about the 2025-2026 NFL season.  

Gregory Chandler

Brown and Cornell Universities Are Second Tier

BROWN AND CORNELL UNIVERSITIES ARE SECOND TIER

 I came across an interesting article last week.  "Brown and Cornell Are Second Tier" is the name of the article.  (See, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 7, 2011)  The article is authored by Tom Bartlett.  

Bartlett describes how top firms focus on hiring only graduates from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton universities  In this environment, even Stanford University students and graduates get a "maybe" in the hiring process at top firms.  These leading firms view even business school students and graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as not good candidates for hiring.  

Bartlett cites the research of Lauren Rivera in his article.  Rivera does an excellent analysis of documenting the hiring practices at top firms.  Harvard University stands at the top of the pyramid in hiring matters with leading employers.  Yale and Princeton also have some hiring success at elite firms. Graduates of Brown, Cornell, and other schools are burdened by what many consider the top-tier schools.    

In closing, some of the individuals attacking diversity efforts may be helped with steps taken to get a more diverse workforce.  

Gregory Chandler, Attorney at Law

   

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MALES HAVE A TOUGH BURDEN IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES

A federal district court opined that there was no evidence that discrimination on the basis of gender was a motivating factor in a private university's decision to suspend a male student for sexual misconduct.  Thus, the male student could not maintain a Title IX claim against the university and eight of its employees.

The student did not allege that the university would have treated a female accused of sexual assault any differently, or that the university would have acted differently in a disciplinary procedure against a female accused of sexual assault.  

The case is Doe v. Western New England University, 2017 WL 113059. 

My personal view is that males have a tough burden in sexual assault cases.  

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Gregory Chandler--Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!


Have a good 2016!!!

Gregory Chandler 

GREGORY CHANDLER--TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG

I came upon an interesting case today out of Florida.  In the case, a blog maintained by a university student to comment on issues of public concern, which included allegedly defamatory blog posts regarding an incident in which a landowner's friend shot two dogs on the landowner's property, constituted "other medium" within the meaning of a statute entitling media defendants to pre-suit notice of a libel action involving publications in a newspaper, periodical, or other medium.

Thus, the blogger was entitled to pre-suit notice of the defamation and libel action brought by the landowner's friend.  The blog was a public medium, the purpose of which was the free dissemination of news or analytical comment on matters of public concern.  

The case is Comins v. Vanvoorhis, 2014 WL 1393081 (Fla. App. 5 Dist.) 


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GREGORY CHANDLER--HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FELLOW AMERICANS.  




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GREGORY CHANDLER--Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

In what may be a matter of first impression, an expert's proposed testimony as to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) testing, indicated that a defendant was generally truthful when he said that he attempted to follow proper billing practices in good faith, was inadmissible in a prosecution for healthcare fraud. 

There was no quantifiable error rates for fMRI testing, there were concerns about whether fMRI lie detection could be tested, and there was no formal research presented demonstrating how the brain might respond to fMRI testing. 

The case is, U. S. v. Semrau, 2012 WL 3871357 (C. A. 6-Tenn.)


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GREGORY CHANDLER--ABORTION LITIGATION

In a defeat to abortion opponents, the Oklahoma Supreme Court held, in accordance with the United States Supreme Court, that an Oklahoma state statute prohibiting the knowing or reckless prescription of abortion medications is facially unconstitutional. 

The case is, Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice v. Cline, 2012 WL 6028837 (Okla.)


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GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney: Gregory Chandler -- Bank Fraud: I do some consulting about alleged forgery and alleged fictitious documents. An interesting case is United States v. Brown , 597 F. 3d 399...