April 4, 2017 Federal Judge Advances Lawsuit Challenging Academia Boycotting Israel The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has rejected efforts by the American Studies Association (ASA) to suppress a lawsuit filed against the Association by its own members challenging its boycott of all Israeli academic institutions. Media Coverage Press Room
April 3, 2017 Initial Victory For Plaintiffs in Path-Breaking Lawsuit Against ASA For its Boycott of Israel The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.C.) has rejected efforts by the American Studies Association (ASA) to suppress a lawsuit filed against the Association by its own members challenging the ASA’s adoption of a boycott of all Israeli academic institutions. Media Coverage Press Room
April 3, 2017 Judge: Lawsuit against American Studies Assoc over BDS can move forward The American Studies Association (ASA), which is run by anti-Israel activists from academia, was the first (and only) significant-sized American faculty association to adopt the academic boycott of Israel. Media Coverage Press Room
April 3, 2017 Federal judge advances lawsuit challenging academic group’s Israel boycott A federal district court just issued its first ruling in Bronner v. Duggan, a case brought by several prominent members of the American Studies Association against the group and its officers. Media Coverage Press Room
April 3, 2017 Initial Victory For Plaintiffs in Path-Breaking Lawsuit Against ASA For its Boycott of Israel The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.C.) has rejected efforts by the American Studies Association (ASA) to suppress a lawsuit filed against the Association by its own members challenging the ASA’s adoption of a boycott of all Israeli academic institutions. Press Releases Press Room
March 30, 2017 The new tech tool helping to flag campus antisemitism Campus antisemitism watchdog the AMCHA Initiative has unveiled four interactive maps that aim to expose sites of anti-Jewish activity at college campuses across the US. Media Coverage Press Room
March 30, 2017 After A Dispute At The University Of Tennessee, Groups Urge Lawmakers To Clarify What’s Anti-Semitic When does criticism of the nation of Israel cross into anti-Semitism? Media Coverage Press Room
March 29, 2017 “Law and Anti-Semitism in the Current Climate” LDB’s Kenneth L. Marcus will address the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland on “Law and Anti-Semitism in the Current Climate.” Events
March 29, 2017 Brandeis Center Calls on Tennessee Lawmakers to Combat Rising Anti-Semitism Nashville, TN, At a key hearing today, a top attorney for The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) testified about the spike in campus anti-Semitism and urged Tennessee lawmakers to address this rising threat. Press Releases Press Room
March 28, 2017 Lawfare and Counterterror On Tuesday, March 28, The Lawfare Project’s Director of Legal Affairs, Amanda Berman, will address students in the LDB chapter at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on Counterterror and Lawfare – the use of the law as a weapon of war against the United States, Israel and the West. Events