On August 13, 2026, Defending Education (DE) filed a reply in support of its motion for a preliminary injunction, an early court order to stop a policy while a lawsuit is decided, in Defending Education v. Regents of the University of California, et al. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The brief argues that, now facing a lawsuit, university officials are trying to reinterpret their Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy to avoid what their own FAQ and training materials say it punishes.
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