December 04, 2024
A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday expressed support for two University of Washington professors who allege their constitutional rights were violated by a state ethics board probe of their emails, with one judge saying he was troubled by the state's contention the professors' claims were merely speculative.
February 15, 2024
A Washington federal judge has sided with the state in a proposed class action brought by two University of Washington professors seeking to block the state ethics board's director from combing through faculty emails during misconduct investigations, saying the emails are public records because the professors are public employees.
October 18, 2023
Two University of Washington professors filed a proposed class action this week accusing the state attorney general and an ethics board director of encroaching on academic freedom, urging a federal court to block the board's ability "to rummage through" faculty emails in hopes of finding state ethics law violations.