In an interview with Rikki Schlott of The Free Press, Michael Thad Allen, Esq. of Allen Harris Law addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in fine arts institutions and foundations. Mr. Allen pointed out that any theater attempting to implement DEI demands could find itself at the other end…
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Attorney Robert Shibley of Allen Harris Law wrote an op-ed featured on Fox News called, "'Twitter Files' show today's censors continue to be terrible at their jobs." The op-ed speaks about how we now know, thanks to the "Twitter Files," that Twitter censors actively worked alongside government agencies--albeit rather incompetently--to…
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Attorney Robert Shibley of Allen Harris Law was featured on an episode of Dr. Phil called "You Can't Post That!" regarding the issue of free speech and self-censorship among Americans in recent times. To watch the clip in full, simply click here.
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Michael Chabon’s Most Accurate Academic Movie Ever Made Those interested in a humorous romp through a dysfunctional college’s administration might pick up the novel Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon. Chabon published Wonder Boys in 1995, early in his career before going on to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in…
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Right before Christmas 2022, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a case by a student at Stonehill College, a small school of less than 2,500 students in Easton, Massachusetts who had sued after being expelled by a Title IX campus court. The First Circuit reversed the decision of the…
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I. The Tyranny of the Campus HR Department At Allen Harris, we are seeing an increasing trend that attacks faculty rights on campus. Colleges and universities are ceding supervision of faculty to their human resource departments. It is a growing trend that students and colleagues routinely weaponize petty grievances to…
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