September 17, 2020
Michigan State University's athletic director and its former head football coach moved for sanctions in a First Amendment retaliation suit that has also ensnared Jones Day, telling the court that the ex-recruiter behind the suit not only couldn't prove retaliation, but that his suit was part of a pattern of harassment and bad faith allegations.
September 08, 2020
Pushing back on a pair of defense dismissal bids, a former athletics recruiter told a Michigan federal judge in recent days that Jones Day was acting as a government agent when the firm and others conspired to blame the recruiter for the school's handing of sexual assault allegations.
August 13, 2020
Even if a "fantastical" constitutional right "not to speak" did exist, a former Michigan State University football recruiter still can't sue Jones Day over an investigation it undertook into the recruiter's alleged failure to report sexual assault allegations, because it did so on behalf of the university, the firm told a federal court Thursday.
August 04, 2020
A lawsuit from an ex-Michigan State University football recruiter targeting counsel for the team's head coach is an impermissible "collateral attack" on a previous federal litigation in which the recruiter and his attorney were cited for misconduct, according to a Tuesday motion.
July 21, 2020
A former Michigan State University football recruiter accusing the school, Jones Day and others of violating his First Amendment rights has urged a Michigan federal court not to disqualify his attorney from the retaliation case, arguing the lawyer was sanctioned but not disciplined in related litigation.
June 09, 2020
A former Michigan State football recruiter sued Jones Day and former head football coach Mark Dantonio on Saturday, accusing them of scheming to shift the blame onto him regarding the university's handling a pair of sexual assault allegations against three football players and a former player in 2017.