Sue university for breach of contract

Jennifer Bard, the University of Cincinnati College of Law dean who in March was placed on administrative leave after faculty members discussed a vote of no confidence, has filed a lawsuit against the university.The federal complaint (PDF), filed Friday in the Southern District of Ohio, alleges denial of due process, breach of contract and First Amendment retaliation. It seeks reinstatement for Bard as dean, and unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. She joined the law school in July 2015 and has a five-year contract for the dean position, which pays $300,000 annually. Her counsel filed a preliminary injunction motion (PDF) Monday, seeking to return Bard to the same position she had before being placed on administrative leave.“We are reviewing the suit by Dean Bard, and we welcome the opportunity to present the truth in court,” Greg Vehr, the university’s spokesman, told the ABA Journal in an email.According to Bard, a specific job responsibility as dean of … [Read more...] about Law dean sues University of Cincinnati over ouster, seeks reinstatement

Home Daily News Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says confidentiality… Contracts By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted March 7, 2018, 10:00 am CST Updated: Porn star Stormy Daniels on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump that contends her confidentiality agreement is null and void because he didn’t sign it. Stormy Daniels’ real name is Stephanie Clifford, but the “hush agreement” referred to her as Peggy Peterson or “PP”, according to the suit, filed in California state court. The agreement referred to Trump as “David Dennison” or “DD.” Trump didn’t sign the agreement “so he could later, if need be, publicly disavow any knowledge of the hush agreement and Ms. Clifford,” according to the suit seeking a declaratory judgment. The Washington Post and the New York Times have coverage. Despite the lack of a signature, Daniels received $130,000 under the agreement. Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael … [Read more...] about Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says confidentiality deal is void because he didn’t sign it

Bill Cosby has filed a lawsuit against Andrea Constand, the very woman whose allegations are the heart of a Pennsylvania criminal case against him. Cosby apparently filed this lawsuit the day before he was set to appear in a criminal hearing over a motion to dismiss his case, according to The New York Times. The lawsuit is a breach-of-contract claim reportedly filed against Constand, her lawyer, her mother and TheNational Inquirer’s Publisher.  The defendants, in this case, are subject to a confidentially clause, as a result of a confidential settlement between Cosby and Constand in 2005. It is unclear at this point what exactly the lawsuit alleges.Constand told investigators that Cosby drugged and raped her at his Pennsylvania home back in 2004. She also filed a lawsuit against him at the time. A Pennsylvania district attorney charged Cosby with aggravated indecent assault in December just before the statute of limitation ran out.“Obviously … [Read more...] about Bill Cosby Sues Accuser Whose Allegations Resulted in His Arrest

The New Jersey District Court recently ruled that an economic damages expert retained by plaintiffs’ counsel in a class action was not entitled to any further compensation for his work.  The facts in Rothstein v. Harstad (September 30, 2014) are a virtual catalogue of what an expert witness should not do when rendering professional services. Ronald Harstad, a professor of economics at the University of Missouri, was retained by plaintiffs’ counsel to perform damages calculations as an expert in a class action lawsuit involving alleged misrepresentations in the sale and marketing of prepaid calling cards.  In May 2006, Harstad sent a letter outlining the terms of his engagement, including his hourly rate compensation, his agreement to furnish monthly logs detailing the daily time expenditure, his commitment to use lower rate graduate and undergraduate students to perform appropriate services, and his agreement to accept payment for each … [Read more...] about Court Rejects Damages Expert’s Claims for Breach of Contract and Unjust Enrichment

Updated: Jonathan Chan and Karla Ford expected to be second-year law students at Texas Southern University this year.Instead, the two are making headlines after filing an unusual federal lawsuit in the Southern District of Texas last week. It contends the D grades they got from an adjunct professor teaching a first-year contracts class were “arbitrary and capricious,” intended to “curve them out” of the class rather than objectively assess their performance, reports the Houston Chronicle.Naming as defendants the school and the then-adjunct, Shelley Smith, the suit asserts claims for alleged breach of contract, defamation, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. It also contends TSU was negligent in its hiring, training and supervision of the adjunct.The National Law Journal reports that Dean Dannye Holley declined to discuss the case, but said it is the law school’s policy to dismiss students who don’t maintain a minimum … [Read more...] about 2 Former TSU Law Students Sue Over ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’ D Grade in First-Year Contracts Class