Ex-FTC Official Ends First Amendment Suit Against George Mason

Former Federal Trade Commission member Joshua Wright voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against George Mason University on Wednesday, a court document showed.

• Wright, an ex-George Mason law professor, claimed the school violated his First Amendment petition rights by probing him after he brought a defamation suit against two students
• Wright’s suit against George Mason, which was trimmed in September, followed claims by the two women and others that Wright used his power as a professor to gain sexual relationships
• The joint stipulation of dismissal Wednesday didn’t say why Wright and George Mason were ending the case, and attorneys for the parties ...