For all of the people who were criticizing Iowa’s choice of Husch Blackwell the other day...has this been discussed yet? Whoops.
“The
Iowa State Daily reported in 2018that ISU paid Husch Blackwell $120,325 to provide legal help on three cases in 2017 and 2018. Two cases involved women who accused ISU of violating Title IX, the federal gender equity law, in their response to reported sexual assaults on or near campus.
In the third lawsuit, ISU’s former Title IX coordinator Robinette Kelley alleged Iowa State didn’t give her the proper authority and funding to investigate sex discrimination and sexual misconduct, the Daily reported. Kelley also said she was treated differently because she is a woman of color.
Kelley and ISU settled two related lawsuits for $125,000 in 2018,
the ISU Daily reported.”