lawsuits

September 16, 2022
University finalizes settlement in Anderson cases

A January settlement between U-M and attorneys for more than 1,000 claimants who alleged abuse by the late physician Robert E. Anderson has been approved by all parties and finalized.
August 17, 2022
Update on negotiations between U-M and nurses union

The Michigan Nurses Association and U-M Professional Nurse Council have asked the Michigan Court of Claims for an injunction against U-M for what the union says is a “refusal to bargain” over certain contract demands.
August 4, 2022
University files amicus brief in support of Harvard, UNC

U-M has filed an amicus brief supporting Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in a lawsuit looking to remove the consideration of race in college and university admissions.
August 3, 2022
Ruling paves way for new programs targeting sexual misconduct

A federal district judge has approved a settlement in a class-action lawsuit that creates a broadly representative team designed to further protect the U-M community from sexual misconduct.
March 24, 2022
New team to further protect university community from sexual misconduct

U-M and attorneys representing plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit have agreed to settle claims in the case with the creation of a broadly representative team designed to further protect the university community from sexual misconduct.
January 19, 2022
U-M reaches $490 million settlement with Anderson plaintiffs

U-M and attorneys for claimants who have alleged abuse by the late physician Robert E. Anderson have reached a settlement agreement that would resolve all of those survivors’ claims against the university.
June 15, 2018
U-M calls free-speech lawsuit allegations ‘a false caricature’

The university has fired back against a lawsuit by the advocacy group Speech First Inc., calling the suit “a false caricature” of U-M’s free speech policies and practices.
May 17, 2018
U-M seeks to address ‘mistaken premises’ in speech-related lawsuit

The university has filed its initial response to a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, addressing “the mistaken factual and legal premises” upon which the lawsuit is based.