Duke University will pay $112.5 million to the U.S. government to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that a technician falsified data to obtain lung research funding from federal agencies. The university announced the settlement March 25 as the ...

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DURHAM (AP) A North Carolina judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by the woman who gained attention for accusing a group of Duke University lacrosse players of raping her at a party. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports 40-year-old Crystal Mangum filed lawsuits ...

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DURHAM (AP) A breach-of-contract lawsuit brought against Duke University by a soccer player accused of sexual misconduct has been resolved, but neither party will reveal the terms. The News & Observer reports the case ended July 30, months after Ciaran McKenna won ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — About 5,500 faculty will be represented in a class-action lawsuit alleging two prestigious North Carolina medical schools conspired to depress their wages by agreeing not to poach professors from each other. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles ...

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The Duke University law school didn’t sit a lot of graduates for July’s North Carolina bar examination, but just about every Blue Devil who took the test passed it. Overall, 23 of 24 graduates — including two repeat test-takers — ...

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Duke University is facing allegations that it breached its fiduciary duty to the university’s employees by steering them into retirement plans that charged “unreasonable and excessive” fees. A group of current and former Duke employees is seeking class-action status for ...

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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A Durham County judge is dismissing Duke University from a lawsuit that helped spark a student sit-in that lasted a week. WRAL reports the judge on Wednesday dismissed the Durham university from the lawsuit alleging campus ...

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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University students participating in a sit-in have rejected a proposed initiative by the university to raise the minimum wage for its workers and hire an outside expert to review employee grievance procedures. News outlets report ...

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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University’s president is trying to end a sit-in outside his office at the elite school. Duke President Richard Brodhead met Sunday with demonstrators who began their protest Friday inside the university’s main administrative building. University ...

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DURHAM (AP) — Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will mark the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination with a public conference at their schools. Scholars will discuss the life and teachings of Malcolm X ...

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