April 26, 2021
An Idaho federal judge has agreed that a law firm is conflicted by representing both Brigham Young University – Idaho and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in litigation involving allegations that the school failed to properly respond to reports that a late professor sexually abused a student, but declined to disqualify the firm from the case.
December 07, 2020
Brigham Young University – Idaho fired back at a former student who is suing the university for allegedly not taking action against a sexually abusive professor, decrying the former student's argument that the university's law firm has a conflict of interest because the firm also represents the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has intervened in the suit.
November 16, 2020
A former student suing Brigham Young University – Idaho for allegedly not taking action against a sexually abusive professor has asked the court to disqualify the school's new counsel, saying that it is a conflict of interest for a single firm to represent both the school and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is also party to the suit.
August 08, 2018
An Idaho federal judge whose new law clerk's brother is the Title IX compliance officer at Brigham Young University-Idaho said Tuesday the clerk "will be screened from ... and will not be involved with" a woman's lawsuit accusing the school of failing to report a sexually abusive professor.