By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-30 13:55:14 | Updated at 2024-10-02 06:35:41
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Judge Dismisses Francesca Gino's Defamation Charges Against Harvard
The Harvard Crimson ^ | September 12, 2024 | Kyle Baek
Posted on 09/30/2024 6:48:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A federal judge dismissed the defamation charges in a lawsuit filed by Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino against the University, dealing a major blow to the embattled professor's efforts to rehabilitate her reputation and win millions from the school.In a Wednesday ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun partially granted Harvard's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, writing that Gino had failed to plausibly allege that the University defamed her, violated her privacy, or unlawfully interfered with her relationships with publishers.
Still, Joun allowed one key plank of the lawsuit to proceed: Gino's claim that Harvard breached its contract with her by subjecting her to disciplinary measures in violation of its own disciplinary and tenure policies.
Gino was accused of data fraud in 2021 by data investigation blog Data Colada, which said she falsified data across several academic studies. Harvard later conducted an internal investigation, placing Gino on administrative leave and initiating steps to revoke her tenure.
In response, Gino — who has denied all allegations of misconduct — sued the University and Data Colada co-authors Uri Simonsohn, Leif D. Nelson, and Joseph P. Simmons, alleging that they conspired to damage her reputation and career.
Gino also claimed that she was unfairly targeted because of her gender in violation of Title IX regulations, alleging that male professors accused of similar conduct were not subjected to the same level of scrutiny. Harvard did not move to dismiss the claim of Title IX discrimination...
However, Joun dismissed Gino's claims against the professors behind Data Colada in full — a win for academics who said the lawsuit could have a chilling effect on efforts to fight research misconduct.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecrimson.com ...
TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: datacolada; francescagino; fraud; genderdysphoria; harvard; homosexualagenda; josephpsimmons; leifdnelson; massachusetts; titleix; urisimonsohn
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1 posted on 09/30/2024 6:48:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 09/30/2024 6:49:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
Yet another Ivy League fraud.
3 posted on 09/30/2024 6:51:07 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: SunkenCiv
I saw a video on that yesterday. In fact, I think that’s the one I saw. I had never heard of this case.
It’s comical. It looks like people sometimes think that if they just keep fighting you will give up, even if they are clearly wrong and you are right. This is awesome. Happy ending...
4 posted on 09/30/2024 6:52:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
To: SunkenCiv
Does this mean she’s free on Friday nights now? Asking for a friend...
To: SunkenCiv
It’s kinda funny though. If you call a prostitute a whore publicly, can she sue you for defamation if she IS a prostitute?🤣
6 posted on 09/30/2024 6:54:18 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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