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Professors wrongfully terminated for expressing political opinions

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so we represented two
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officers of the board of the
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second largest public college in
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in the state they had been terminated
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by the college for political
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statements that they had made on their
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social media pages
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and we brought 1983 claims
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for wrongful termination and other
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related causes of action
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for redress for the college
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terminating them for what was
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protected political speech it was a very
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litigious case there were a lot of
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different parties involved
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and we’re representing just two of the
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individual
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employees so ultimately we were able to
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settle the case
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on terms that uh our clients were very
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happy with

Chicago, IL commercial litigation attorney Patrick D. Austermuehle talks about a memorable case involving free speech.

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