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.