Friday, January 4th, 2008

9th Cir: Incentive Payments to College Employees

The 9th Circuit has affirmed judgment in favor of a college that allegedly made recruiting-related incentive payments to employees in violation of the Higher Education Act.
The Court held:
Relators have not pled with sufficient particularity any facts indicating that the periodic salary adjustments violated the Higher Education Act or its associated regulations. The Act does not […]

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Friday, January 4th, 2008

DAlaska: Reliance on Joint Statement of Issues

In a commercial lease matter, Judge Sedwick has relied, in part, on the Joint Statement of Issues to prevent a party from advancing an argument it hadn’t reserved in the Joint Statement - here, the enforceability under state (Georgia) law of a contractual provision about attorney fees.
OFC Capital v. AT Publishing, Inc., 2007 WL 4557806 (D.Alaska Dec. 20, […]

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