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Western Michigan University, Student Group, Settle Lawsuit Over Free Speech

By Media Law Prof Blog

Western Michigan University and student group the Peace Center are settling a free speech lawsuit which the Center filed last year after the Center alleged it was unable to bring activist and musician Boots Riley to campus to perform. WMU will pay $35,000 in attorneys’ fees but no damages and will revise its policies, says a WMU spokesperson. More here from Michigan Live.  More here on the origins of the suit.