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Louisiana Legislature Investigates LSU After University Let Rapists and Abusers Off the Hook

As more details of wrongdoing emerge from the Louisiana State University’s Title IX office, state lawmakers are demanding answers. This month, the Senate has been holding hearings after issuing blistering rebukes in response to the independent investigator’s report. The report confirms that LSU offi

By Kelly McClintock

/ 5 Apr 2021

Louisiana Legislature Investigates LSU After University Let Rapists and Abusers Off the Hook

Central Michigan University Investigating its Role in Lansing’s Vanguard Sexual Harassment Cases

Central Michigan University (CMU) has hired outside legal counsel to investigate its ties to TJ Bucholz, a Lansing consultant and CMU alumnus whose past employees say he sexually harassed them. Six women, most of whom are CMU alumnae, who worked for Bucholz have come forward…

By Kelly McClintock

/ 1 Apr 2021

Central Michigan University Investigating its Role in Lansing’s Vanguard Sexual Harassment Cases

Students Stand Behind Survivors of Sexual Assault at Eastern Michigan University

Students are rallying behind sexual assault survivors at Eastern Michigan University, after eleven women filed suit against the University last week. Hundreds of students marched and gathered to protest EMU’s response to rapes on campus in at least two separate demonstrations since last Wednesday. T

By Kelly McClintock

/ 30 Mar 2021

Students Stand Behind Survivors of Sexual Assault at Eastern Michigan University

USC Settles Sexual Assault Claims Against Disgraced University Doctor for $1.1 Billion

In the largest settlement by an university to date, USC has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle sexual assault claims brought by survivors of disgraced USC gynecologist, George Tyndall. More than 750 women have bravely come forward in the cases against the University of…

By Mick S. Grewal Sr

/ 26 Mar 2021

USC Settles Sexual Assault Claims Against Disgraced University Doctor for $1.1 Billion

Estate of George Floyd receives $27 million settlement

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay the estate of George Floyd $27 million to settle the lawsuit brought by his family. An Attorney for Floyd’s family stated that this is the largest pre-trial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death lawsuit in United…

By Chelsea Lenard

/ 25 Mar 2021

Estate of George Floyd receives $27 million settlement

Federal Lawsuit Claims Eastern Michigan University Failed to Protect Students

Another Michigan university is facing allegations of failing to respond to and even covering up reports of sexual violence on campus. According to a lawsuit filed in federal court this week, filed on behalf of 11 women, officials at Eastern Michigan University attempted to dissuade…

By Mick S. Grewal Sr

/ 25 Mar 2021

Federal Lawsuit Claims Eastern Michigan University Failed to Protect Students

LSU’s Title IX Office Exposed for Traumatizing Survivors and Letting Offenders Off the Hook

Through a series of reports, USA Today has revealed Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Title IX office has systematically failed survivors of sexual assault. Under federal law the Title IX office is charged with investigating reported incidents of sexual misconduct and holding offenders accountable.

By Kelly McClintock

/ 18 Mar 2021

LSU’s Title IX Office Exposed for Traumatizing Survivors and Letting Offenders Off the Hook

Surgical Failure Rates and Informed Consent

Physicians have both a legal and an ethical duty to provide their patients with appropriate informed consent prior to the performance of a surgical procedure. Appropriate informed consent requires that a patient be given accurate information about the nature of their own condition, the various…

By Scott Weidenfeller

/ 17 Mar 2021

Surgical Failure Rates and Informed Consent

Professionalism in the Operating Room – Resident Rowdiness & Your Rights

The physician-patient relationship is sacred – or it should be. In Grand Rapids, Michigan a group of rowdy Ob/Gyn residents posted photographs of patient tissue, during surgery, to their Instragram accounts. The photographs featured such things as who could find the longest string of fibrous…

By Scott Weidenfeller

/ 15 Mar 2021

Professionalism in the Operating Room – Resident Rowdiness & Your Rights

Part 2: Heavy Metals Found in Baby Formulas and Baby Cereals

Following the February 4, 2021 Report from the U.S. House of Representative’s Staff Committee, it’s been widely reported that virtually all of the baby foods tested contain dangerously high levels of at least four toxic metals (see Mick Grewal’s previous blog on the topic for…

By Kelly McClintock

/ 25 Feb 2021

Part 2: Heavy Metals Found in Baby Formulas and Baby Cereals

Sexual Abuse of Children at Camp is an Epidemic

Sexual assault attorney Mick Grewal discusses how predators can thrive at summer camps – and what steps parents can take to keep their children safe. Sexual abuse by camp counselors is a national epidemic, according to various organizations, including Crime Stoppers. Every year, nearly 10…

By Mick S. Grewal Sr

/ 24 Feb 2021

Sexual Abuse of Children at Camp is an Epidemic

Michigan Court Rules that While on Probation Medical Marijuana Users Cannot Be Punished

In a monumental change of course, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a landmark published opinion on February 11, 2021 with its decision in People v Thue. The case concerned whether Mr. Thue, a medical marijuana patient, could have his probation revoked for using medical…

By Grewal Law

/ 18 Feb 2021

Michigan Court Rules that While on Probation Medical Marijuana Users Cannot Be Punished