Wake Up Call: New York Firm Hired to Investigate U-M Regent

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• The University of Michigan has hired New York law firm Patterson Belknap to investigate allegations that Regent Jordan Acker sent lewd text messages about a Democratic strategist and a female U-M student, which included her picture. The firm lists among its specialties litigation, disputes, and investigations. The allegations, reported last week in The Guardian, came just days before Acker sought the Michigan Democratic Party’s nomination for another eight-year term on the Board of Regents. (Detroit Free Press)
  
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