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Gibson’s Bakery Store Clerk Intervenes Against Attempt By Oberlin College-aligned Media to Unseal His Facebook Records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2021 20 Comments

Allyn D. Gibson: WEWS-TV "deserves no relief in this action because [it] is not a disinterested media company seeking to report on a legal case; instead, [it] has directly allied itself with Oberlin Parties and its campaign to bully and destroy the Gibson Parties’ family, reputation, and brand."

Oberlin College-aligned Media Effort To Unseal Gibson’s Bakery Clerk Facebook Records Goes To Briefing In Ohio Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 27, 2021 11 Comments

The Facebook records dispute is a sideshow to the main appeal from the Gibson's Bakery verdict, but it's a nasty sideshow done by a media outlet that appears to be doing the college's dirty work in the hope of portraying the Gibsons as racists.

Report: Oberlin College Sells $80 Million in ‘Climate Bonds’

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 06, 2021 7 Comments

"will allow the college to fully fund the first phases of its $140 million infrastructure overhaul"

Media Aligned With Oberlin College Take Quest To Unseal Gibson’s Bakery Store Clerk’s Facebook Records To Ohio Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 26, 2021 25 Comments

The attempt to unseal confidential Facebook records not used at trial is an assault not just on the Gibson family's reputation, but on the practice of consensual confidentiality agreements that avoids the court system being bogged down in discovery motion practice.

Appeals Court Dismisses Media Attempt To Get Gibson’s Bakery Clerk’s Facebook Records in Oberlin College Case (UPDATE)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2021 26 Comments

So for the moment, the ploy by media entities aligned with Oberlin College to smear the Gibsons via confidential Facebook records is over. The main appeal over the massive judgment still has not been decided. (UPDATE - Media files Complaint for Writ of Mandamus in Ohio Supreme Court)

Federal Appeals Court Denies Oberlin College Attempt To Dismiss John Doe No. 2 Damages Suit As “Moot”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2021 6 Comments

6th Circuit: Male former student "seeks damages for emotional and psychological suffering he claims to have experienced as a result of the College’s determination that a Title IX sexual misconduct investigation should proceed against him. Thus, Doe’s case is not moot."

Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – New Panel Assigned To Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2021 55 Comments

One of the judges who heard oral argument in November was not reelected, and now has been replaced on the panel by the judge who defeated her.

Cornell’s New General Counsel Is Oberlin College In-House Lawyer Responsible For Gibson’s Bakery Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2021 72 Comments

Donica Thomas Varner became notorious for mishandling the Gibson's Bakery case, including a bizarre email bashing the jury after the compensatory verdict but before the punitive phase.

Oberlin College Settles With John Doe No. 1 After Loss In Appeals Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2021 12 Comments

John Doe No. 1 exposed a campus system biased against men with a 100% conviction rate. His lawsuit and publicity likely paved the way for John Doe No. 2 to get a fair hearing and a not guilty verdict years later.

Rare Win For Oberlin College Male: “We were the first case in Oberlin’s history to win a Title IX hearing”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 04, 2021 17 Comments

John Doe No. 2 found not liable, sued accuser for defamation, and wants damages from college. His lawyer: "We were the first case in Oberlin's history to win a Title IX hearing. The Oberlin process is screwed to favor the complainant. We overcame the process and were blessed with a fair panel."

Oberlin Conservatory of Music Apologizes for Black History Month Flier Featuring Five White People

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 04, 2021 7 Comments

"We acknowledge wholeheartedly that this was problematic"

ANALYSIS: Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – Appeal Oral Argument

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2020 37 Comments

On the docket: The appeal by Oberlin College to overturn the compensatory and punitive damages awards, and the cross-appeal by the Gibsons to restore the full punitive damages award that had been reduced under Ohio tort reform.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQkVVyA9HQonc-zpcwzaTMQ

REMINDER – 10 A.M. TUESDAY – Livestream Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – Appeal Oral Argument

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2020 19 Comments

Mark your calendars, November 10, 10 a.m. Eastern, livestream 'watch party' here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTGppsfyzt4

Oberlin College’s ‘Professor of Peace’ Accused By Iranian Opposition of Covering Up Regime Crimes Against Humanity (Update: Prof. Responds)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2020 17 Comments

Nothing about Oberlin College would surprise me. Or so I thought. But I have to admit, when readers emailed me this story, I didn't see it coming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZUzUN3iG48&feature=emb_title

CBS News Feature About Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College Wins Emmy Award

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2020 10 Comments

Gibson family attorneys: "As David Gibson’s last television interview, it’s a fitting tribute to a man who fought tirelessly to preserve his family’s reputation and demonstrate that the truth still matters."

Fired Oberlin Prof lawsuit: Told “we can’t just hire another white woman from the Midwest with a husband”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 09, 2020 86 Comments

Alice Blumenfeld alleges race, sex, sexual orientation, and national origin/ancestry discrimination, and lost tenure track opportunity in favor of "a non-Caucasian, gay man of Filipino descent who does not appear to be from the Midwest or in a heterosexual marriage ..., even though Ms. Blumenfeld was more qualified for the position."

Appeals Court Denies Oberlin College Rehearing, Expelled Male Student Discrimination Case Moves Forward

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 24, 2020 33 Comments

Full Sixth Circuit refuses rehearing en banc in case where panel found Oberlin College’s “100 percent responsibility rate—in cases where most if not all the respondents were male—supports an inference regarding bias in the hearings themselves”

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