‘We wanted to level the playing field’ on campus, said attorney Harmeet Dhillon for the Young America’s Foundation University of California, Berkeley, will no longer be able to charge its student groups any security costs for speakers in a …
Read MoreConservative Group Declares Free Speech Victory Over Berkeley
The University of California at Berkeley on Monday settled a free speech lawsuit accusing the school of discriminating against speakers with conservative views. Under the settlement filed with the federal court in San Francisco, the university will modify its procedures …
Read MoreUC Berkeley Settles Lawsuit Over Treatment of Conservative Speakers
Some conservative groups are calling it a landmark victory for free speech at UC Berkeley, home of the free speech movement. A lawsuit filed by the Young America’s Foundation, claims, in part, that UC Berkeley violated the First Amendment rights …
Read More‘We beat Berkeley!’ Conservative groups welcome free speech settlement at CAL
On Monday, Young America’s Foundation won a major victory for free speech, settling a lawsuit it had filed against the University of California, Berkeley: the university will have to pay YAF $70,000 to reimburse attorneys’ fees, rescind the unconstitutional “high-profile …
Read MoreYAF Wins Major Victory For Free Speech Against UC Berkeley
After more than a year of litigation, the University of California, Berkeley, has settled a lawsuit with the Young Americas Foundation and the UC Berkeley College Republicans. Campus conservatives accused the university of bias in the process of bringing high-profile …
Read MoreDhillon Law Group Settles UC Berkeley Free Speech Lawsuit
Silicon Valley has seen a few foundation-shaking legal cases in the past year—and one of the most significant is the case of James Damore. If you’re not familiar with it, Damore is a former Google engineer who published an internal …
