Attorney Michael Thad Allen of Allen Harris Law was recently interviewed, by Daniel Nuccio of The College Fix, in an article titled, "Historian turned lawyer finds second career suing 'ridiculous, clearly out of control universities.'" In the article, Mr. Allen overviews the career he established for himself as a lawyer…
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In an interview with Blake Mauro of The College Fix, Kellie Miller, Esq. updates on her ongoing trial representing Dr. Michael Joyner, who is suing the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, where he was a longtime professor of anesthesiology. Specifically, the institution punished him for sharing his contrarian views with…
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Recently, Attorney Michael Thad Allen of Allen Harris Law appeared in a webinar titled, "Standing Up for Freedom of Speech and True Anti-Racism on Campus: Tabia Lee Case Updates." This webinar was sponsored by the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR), and Mr. Allen was joined by Dr. Tabia Lee…
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In an interview with Kristine Parks of FOX News, Kellie Miller, Esq. speaks about the legal complaint by Dr. Micharl J. Joyner against the Mayo Clinic, in which he argues the health clinic violated his free speech rights. More specifically, Joyner claims that he was "silenced and punished" by the…
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Recently, the New York Post featured an article about attorneys Mike Allen and Samantha Harris, of Allen Harris Law, titled, "Meet the go-to lawyers for cancel culture victims: ‘Standing up for free speech.'" In the article, Mike Allen and Samantha Harris discuss prominent cases they've handled in the past and…
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In an interview with Elizabeth Cohen of CNN, Kellie Miller, Esq. speaks about the dozens of professors from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and other universities who wrote a letter to the Mayo Clinic in protest to the suspension of Dr. Micharl J. Joyner, who expressed criticism toward the National Institute of…
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In an interview with Ryan Quinn of Insider Higher Education, Kellie Miller, Esq. speaks on her representation of Dr. Michael J. Joyner of the Mayo Clinic, who is being threatened with termination after interviews he gave to CNN and The New York Times. In this case, Dr. Carlos B. Mantilla…
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In an interview with Emma Green of The New Yorker, Michael Thad Allen, Esq. and Samantha Harris, Esq. of Allen Harris Law discuss their participation in the Gathering of Thought Criminals, which is a monthly, private hangout in New York City where individuals from media, academia, and other intellectual circles…
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In an interview with Rikki Schlott of The Free Press, Michael Thad Allen, Esq. of Allen Harris Law addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in fine arts institutions and foundations. Mr. Allen pointed out that any theater attempting to implement DEI demands could find itself at the other end…
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Attorney Robert Shibley of Allen Harris Law wrote an op-ed featured on Fox News called, "'Twitter Files' show today's censors continue to be terrible at their jobs." The op-ed speaks about how we now know, thanks to the "Twitter Files," that Twitter censors actively worked alongside government agencies--albeit rather incompetently--to…
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Attorney Robert Shibley of Allen Harris Law was featured on an episode of Dr. Phil called "You Can't Post That!" regarding the issue of free speech and self-censorship among Americans in recent times. To watch the clip in full, simply click here.
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Recently, an Allen Harris case was again recognized in the New York Times in a Jan. 25, 2022 opinion piece by John McWhorter. The case involves University of North Texas music theory professor Timothy Jackson. In July 2020, he became the victim of backlash and calls to step down for…
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Professor Timothy Jackson of the University of North Texas (UNT), who was wrongfully accused of being a racist for defending music theorist Heinrich Schenker, recently won a preliminary battle in the courts, as District Judge Amos L. Mazzant decisively rejected UNT’s request for a summary dismissal of Jackson’s defamation lawsuit…
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One dustup over antiracism these days has been inspired by an Austrian music theorist who died 86 years ago. Heinrich Schenker’s music theory is still widely taught today. He was a genius – and also an open racist who wrote extensively of his sentiments thereabout in uncompromising language. Musicologists have commonly…
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A scholar’s address about racism and music theory was met with a vituperative, personal response by a small journal. It faced calls to cease publishing. A periodical devoted to the study of a long-dead European music theorist is an unlikely suspect to spark an explosive battle over race and free…
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One way to make colleges stop using kangaroo courts is to make it financially painful for them. Nearly a year after a male student and University of Connecticut jointly submitted a plan to end his litigation against the school for its sexual misconduct investigation, the judge in the case has figured out…
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A University of North Texas music professor filed a lawsuit against the university for violating his constitutional rights. The suit comes after UNT said it would remove Dr. Timothy Jackson from his position at the head of a music theory journal, defunding the journal itself as well as the research…
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Published on nationalreview.com For years, universities have denied basic procedural protections to students accused of sexual misconduct. Despite the seriousness of such allegations, schools routinely condemn students as responsible without so much as a hearing or the opportunity to confront their accusers. This was supposed to change when the Department of…
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Featured on Quillette I’m an attorney representing a professor at the University of Central Florida who is being subjected by the university to what can only be called an inquisition after expressing opinions on Twitter that led to widespread calls for his firing. UCF is a public institution—an instrument of…
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Featured on National Review A “pall of orthodoxy” has descended over an increasing number of American institutions. The stifling of dissent and the pressuring of people to conform to ideological dogmas that began in universities has spread to the media and even to the corporate world. While official government censorship…
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Featured on Quilette.com Universities today bombard students with two contradictory messages about sex, effectively encouraging them to carry a dildo in their pocket, while lugging a fainting couch behind them. On the one hand, universities have returned to a quasi-Victorian concern with the unique fragility and vulnerability of college women…
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Private School’s Prerogative | Connecticut Law Tribune The Gunnery Incorporated ("The Gunnery") breached its contract with a student plaintiff by arbitrarily and capriciously expelling him without following its own rules set forth in its Disciplinary System, alleges a lawsuit filed on March 11, 2020, which was responded to by the defense…
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Case featured on Reason Magazine From Doe v. Univ. of Connecticut, decided Thursday by Judge Michael P. Shea (D. Conn.): This case challenges the fairness of disciplinary proceedings brought against Plaintiff John Doe by the University of Connecticut ("UCONN") for alleged sexual assault, culminating in the Plaintiff's two-year suspension from the…
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Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal, students disciplined for using it are taking their schools to court. College officials argue they could lose federal…
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Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical cannabis challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical cannabis is legal, students disciplined for using it are taking their schools to court. College officials argue they could lose federal…
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Colleges across the US are being sued by former students who were expelled after testing positive for marijuana The students say they have medical cannabis cards and live in states where the drug is legal Medical marijuana is currently legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia Students are…
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The University of Delaware hosted "Speech Limits in Public Life: At the Intersection of Free Speech and Hate" on March 15, 2019. This session features Timothy Shiell, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin – Stout; Rodney Smolla, Dean of Delaware Law School; Samantha Harris, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education…
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The Friday before most college students headed home for Thanksgiving break (November 16, 2018), the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education released new regulations governing Title IX.[1] A draft of the proposed regulations had been released at the end of August, and bits and pieces of their…
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Featured on NPR, this program aired on November 20, 2018. A narrower definition of sexual harassment, strengthening the rights of the accused. We’ll get reaction to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ proposed new regulations on campus sexual assault. Guests Katie Mangan, senior writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education. (@KatherineMangan) Samantha…
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