Columbia University has hired Manhattan litigator Roberta Kaplan to defend it in a Jewish student’s lawsuit over the school’s handling of pro-Palestine protests on campus.
Kaplan, who recently represented New York advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in her $83 million defamation suit against ex-President Donald Trump, joined the Columbia case earlier this week. The proposed class action alleges the school failed to provide “a safe, in-person learning environment” amid the weeks-long protests.
The case features prominent litigators on both sides: Chicago lawyer Jay Edelson, who made his name taking on major tech companies over privacy violations, leads ...
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