In 2013, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) filed a lawsuit against Harvard University in the U.S. District Court in Boston. They alleged that Harvard’s undergraduate admission practices violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against Asian Americans. After lower courts upheld Harvard’s limited use of race as a factor in [...]read moreMIT and Yale’s Class Profiles After the Affirmative Action Ban
With New York and Los Angeles now poised to become the two largest districts to address those concerns with new bans, here’s a look at where else bans are happening and what we know about how well they work. How much are kids on their phone anyway? A lot. In one study last year from [...]read moreNew York City Is Moving to Ban Phones From School. Will It Work?
At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1, 2024, the noise and misinformation will be banished, all your big questions will be answered, and new business opportunities will be revealed. Join us. A large broker-owned multiple listing service is pushing back against the Department of Justice’s take on a proposed settlement seeking to resolve antitrust claims lodged [...]read moreProposed DOJ Ban On Commission Offers Against The Law, MLS PIN Says
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Tuesday that it was proposing a rule to remove medical bills from most credit reports. In doing so, this would prevent credit-reporting companies from sharing medical debts with mortgage lenders while prohibiting lenders from making lending decisions based on such information. Additionally, the CFPB said the proposed rule [...]read moreCFPB proposal would ban medical debt from credit reports
Wholesaling real estate may be banned nationwide within a few short years. After a new law was passed in South Carolina prohibiting the practice, other states started to follow their lead, making their own laws that limit or completely restrict wholesaling real estate. Why is this happening now, and if a nationwide wholesaling ban does get [...]read moreInside New Law That Could Lead to Nationwide Wholesaling Ban
The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) has escalated its fight against the State of Florida’s foreign buyer ban through a federal fair housing discrimination lawsuit filed Monday. This is the third lawsuit, and first federal suit, against the bill. At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1, 2024, the noise and misinformation will be [...]read moreAREAA Takes Fight Against Florida Foreign Buyer Ban To Court
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) A federal judge ruled last week that a British airline passenger must pay $20,638 for interfering with the flight crew on a United Airlines flight between London and Newark, New Jersey on March 1. According to the Department of Justice’s account, the unruly passenger got [...]read moreUnruly Passenger Must Pay $20,000 Fine, Gets Lifetime Ban From United Flights
In an effort to capture more ad dollars, despite the looming U.S. ban, TikTok is introducing new advertising products and opportunities that will allow marketers to better control what sort of content their ads appear against. The company says it will use generative AI to curate trending, brand-safe content; expand its selection of “tentpole” moments, [...]read moreTikTok expands its premium ad slots despite potential US ban
At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1, 2024, the noise and misinformation will be banished, all your big questions will be answered, and new business opportunities will be revealed. Join us. Pulse is a recurring column where we ask for readers’ takes on varying topics in a weekly survey and report back with our [...]read moreHow Do You Feel About A Potential TikTok Ban? Pulse
Law enforcement officials in South Carolina will begin issuing tickets to vehicles with the so-called “Carolina Squat” modification on May 10. While the practice of lifting the front end of a vehicle has been illegal for months, the state has given out warnings since announcing the ban. Broadly speaking, “squatting” a vehicle refers to lifting [...]read moreSouth Carolina’s ‘Carolina Squat’ ban gets enforced May 10