By JULIETA MARTINELLI Last year, a Nashville man got an unlikely chance at redemption. Matthew Charles walked out of a federal prison a decade before the end of his term, after the Obama administration reduced the minimum sentence guidelines for dealing crack. He has spent the past year and a half rebuilding his life. But […]

Longtime Columbia University professor William Harris retired as part of a settlement for a sexual harassment lawsuit. By Brendan Krisel, Patch National Staff MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, NY — A Columbia University professor accused of sexually harassing a graduate student has retired from his post at the ivy league institution, according to reports. William Harris, a professor […]

By VIVIAN WANG Dr. William V. Harris, a renowned Greco-Roman historian and longtime professor at Columbia University, retired on Monday as part of the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit. The retirement, which Columbia announced in an email to students and faculty members on Monday afternoon, came nearly three months after an anonymous graduate student […]

Nate Rau, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee The Metro Nashville Airport Authority board of directors named Doug Kreulen its full-time CEO, a job he’s had on an interim basis for several months. Kreulen’s hire comes one month after the board filled three other top positions. The board unanimously approved his hire at its meeting on […]

By VIVIAN WANG The three stories are nearly identical. A young woman arrives at Columbia University for her doctoral studies, eager to prove herself as a scholar. A star professor’s attentions seem to indicate she has succeeded. The attentions soon turn sexual, and the student grows uncomfortable. But she feels powerless to speak out. The […]

While Big Law has avoided being rocked by sexual misconduct claims in recent months, the steady stream of revelations in other industries has heightened the risks associated with a potential claim against a law firm. By Scott Flaherty At a time when a wave of sexual harassment and misconduct claims against high-profile men has roiled […]

By Jacklyn Wille General Electric Co. is trying to streamline the recent flood of litigation over its retirement plan fees, but at least one plaintiffs’ law firm is promising to put up a fight. GE Dec. 4 asked a judge to transfer a proposed class action over its $28.5 billion 401(k) to a federal court […]

Nate Rau and Anita Wadhwani, The Tennessean Airport Authority board members will lay out additional reasons for firing CEO Rob Wigington and likely designate his termination as “with cause” at its management committee meeting on Wednesday. The reasons relate to financial matters that were not presented among the justification laid out when Wigington was fired […]

By BLAKE FARMER The ousted chief of Nashville International Airport says his firing was a violation of the Family Medical Leave Act. He had been approved to take time off for a liver transplant but wasn’t allowed to come back six weeks later. The lawsuit filed in federal court says Rob Wigington worked up to […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The former CEO of the Nashville International Airport is suing for wrongful termination. Sanford Heisler Sharp filed a wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuit against Metro Nashville Airport Authority on behalf of fired former President and CEO Rob Wigington. At the time Wigington was fired, the MNAA released a list of behaviors […]