lawsuits
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
