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Doe 1 et al v. Baylor University

  1. December 13, 2017

    Baylor Must Hand Over Nonparty Sexual Assault Records

    Baylor University will have to turn over tens of thousands of sexual assault reports and records of sexual misconduct involving students not party to a lawsuit by 10 women alleging the school failed to adequately handle sexual assault allegations, after the school had argued the demands were overly broad and violated student privacy.

  2. November 02, 2017

    Ex-Baylor Employee's Testimony Limited Over Student Info

    A Texas federal judge said Wednesday that a former Baylor University employee slated to be deposed in a lawsuit by 10 former students over the university's response to sexual assault reports cannot reveal identifying information about students who are not involved in the case until the court reviews it first.

  3. September 01, 2017

    Baylor Privilege Loss Sends Warning On Internal-Probe Risks

    A recent ruling that Baylor University has ceded the right to withhold a swath of information from a Pepper Hamilton LLP investigation of the school’s response to sexual assault allegations should prompt attorneys to warn clients who may be eyeing similar reviews for a public relations boost to put out investigation details very carefully, or not at all.

  4. August 11, 2017

    Baylor Waived Privilege On Parts Of Pepper Hamilton Report

    Baylor University waived its attorney-client privilege tied to a Pepper Hamilton LLP investigation of sexual assaults at the school by disclosing findings and conclusions from the firm's report, but can still assert work-product privilege to keep a majority of the report confidential, a Texas judge held Friday.

  5. July 27, 2017

    Baylor Ordered To Release Starr Settlement, Other Docs

    Baylor University must produce some documents it sought to keep private in the lawsuit brought by 10 former students alleging that its response to sexual assault reports was negligent — including a settlement agreement with Kenneth Starr — but can keep private its communications with investigators from the NCAA, the Big 12 and the Texas Rangers, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  6. June 09, 2017

    Baylor Pushes Back On Request For Docs In Title IX Suit

    Baylor University hit back against the group of 10 anonymous former students who are suing the university for its allegedly negligent response to sexual assault reports, arguing their bid to make Baylor release certain documents are neither relevant nor proportional to the needs of the case.

  7. May 30, 2017

    Baylor Wants Student Info Blocked In Sexual Assault Suit

    Baylor University has asked a Texas federal judge to block “extremely broad, university-wide discovery requests” from women alleging the school failed to adequately respond to sexual assault reports, saying the documents the women seek are intrusive to students not party to the litigation.

  8. March 29, 2017

    Jane Does Demand Pepper Hamilton's Baylor Report Docs

    Women alleging Baylor University has failed to adequately respond to sexual assault reports, including those involving the school's football players, have hit Pepper Hamilton LLP, the law firm hired to review the school's response, with a demand to hand over documents related to that review and the conclusions reached.

  9. December 13, 2016

    4 Jane Does Ask Judge To Keep Baylor Sex Assault Claims

    The four unnamed women who Baylor University last month sought to dismiss from a federal lawsuit alleging the college was negligent in responding to sexual assault reports hit back on Friday, telling the court their claims are valid and belong in the lawsuit that should be allowed to proceed.

  10. November 21, 2016

    Baylor Tries To Nix 4 New Women From Sex Assault Suit

    Baylor University on Friday filed four separate motions in Texas federal court to dismiss the claims of four additional unnamed women who were allowed to join a lawsuit over the university’s handling of alleged sexual assaults last month, arguing that each of the four had failed to state a claim under Title IX.