Duff & Phelps

After reading our Quote of the Day, you might get an inkling as to the reason why Paul Pless, former dean of admissions at the University of Illinois College of Law, no longer has a job there....

It’s time to check in on the scandal involving the University of Illinois College of Law and its false reporting on the qualifications of its admitted students. Every time we do look at Illinois, the school tells us that “this time” they’ve figured out the full extent of the problem — and it’s a bigger […]

It’s not just the federal government that’s desperate for money. The states are, too. One way that states are looking to fill their coffers is by auditing unclaimed property on companies’ books — so-called “escheat audits.” This isn’t the world’s sexiest topic, but an in-house lawyer might serve a valuable purpose by double-checking corporate escheat […]