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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.

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Insurrectionist Democrats Still Disputing Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Three Years Later

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 24, 2021 31 Comments

A transparent bid to shift attention from the massive across-the-board failures of the Biden administration

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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)

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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."

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Dartmouth College Drops Charges Against Medical Students Accused of Cheating

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 20, 2021 4 Comments

"charges and discipline won’t be on the students’ permanent records"

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Scripps College Student Earns Degree With Thesis Celebrating Mao Zedong and ‘Black Marxism’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 02, 2021 4 Comments

"Scripps is an all-women’s liberal arts college in Southern California with tuition of nearly $80,000 a year."

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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.

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Sleepy Joe’s Big Speech to Nowhere Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 02, 2021 1 Comment

All the news you may have missed.

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Jodi Shaw Raising Funds for Smith College Staffers Smeared as Racists in Campus Hoax

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 23, 2021 7 Comments

"It's absolutely wrong what happened to them. They were not involved in this incident at all"

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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.

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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.

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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."

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Prof Speaks Out Against the Silencing of Voices on College Campuses

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 04, 2021 1 Comment

"Today on college campuses, faculty are afraid to speak about a number of issues for fear of being verbally mobbed and denounced by angry students and faculty colleagues."

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Politico: Biden Admin Will Be “Embarrassed” When Most Capitol Hill “Insurrectionists” Receive No Jail Time

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 31, 2021 24 Comments

"Although prosecutors have loaded up their charging documents with language about the existential threat of the insurrection to the republic, the actions of many of the individual rioters often boiled down to trespassing."

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Black Intellectuals Send Letter to Smith College President Demanding Apology for Workers Smeared as Racist

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 24, 2021 31 Comments

"We didn’t march so that Americans of any race could be presumed guilty and punished for false accusations while the elite institution that employed them cowered in fear of a social media mob."

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Time for Andrew Cuomo to Go Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2021 1 Comment

All the news you may have missed.

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U.S. Supreme Court: Former College Student Can Sue For Free Speech Violation, Roberts Is Sole Dissent

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2021 67 Comments

Issue was whether a former student who suffered no compensatory damages and no longer was a student, had standing to maintain the lawsuit despite having only nominal damages. Seven Justices said yes, Roberts said no.

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