May 01, 2026
A former Drexel University student-athlete has filed a lawsuit in Michigan federal court accusing the University of Michigan, its regents, Drexel and others of enabling a yearslong hacking scheme by former assistant football coach Matthew Weiss that allegedly exposed thousands of athletes' private data and intimate images.
April 14, 2026
University of Michigan officials hoping to escape multidistrict litigation have said student-athletes cannot show the school or its staff were indifferent to the alleged sexual harassment the student-athletes endured after having their accounts hacked by a former assistant football coach.
November 06, 2025
Student-athletes who had their personal accounts hacked by a former University of Michigan assistant football coach have said the university and athletic leadership are not immune from Title IX claims, arguing that the school knew about the coach's behavior and still allowed him to coach in a playoff game.
July 24, 2025
A former University of Michigan football coach told a federal judge Thursday that he wasn't trying to delay civil cases alleging he hacked thousands of female student-athletes' personal information, as the judge rejected his request to give him more time than other defendants to respond to the allegations.
June 30, 2025
Jim Harbaugh, head football coach for the Los Angeles Chargers, has been named as a defendant in the civil rights lawsuit against former University of Michigan coach Matthew Weiss, who is accused of pilfering the personal information of thousands of female athletes.
June 13, 2025
A former University of Michigan assistant football coach accused of hacking the personal information and intimate photos of thousands of students has asked a Michigan federal judge to set aside a default entry against him, saying in the pro se filing that he was never properly served.
May 27, 2025
Eight lawsuits accusing the University of Michigan of failing to safeguard the private images and data of thousands of student-athletes from a former assistant football coach have been consolidated by a federal judge, who also appointed interim lead counsel.
April 23, 2025
The University of Michigan has said it is immune from claims brought by student athletes who allege the university failed to protect them from a former assistant football coach's alleged hacking of their sensitive information, encouraging a federal judge to reject the students' request for speedy discovery until a conference next month.
April 16, 2025
Students alleging the University of Michigan didn't protect them from a former assistant football coach's purported hacking and downloading of intimate photos, and the university urged a federal judge to consolidate the eight different actions launched following the coach's indictment.
April 08, 2025
As cases against the University of Michigan and a former assistant football coach over the alleged hacking of personal information and downloading of intimate photos move to one judge's docket, students in the first-launched lawsuit are seeking to speed up discovery so they can learn of their potential exposure from the breach.