From today's decision by Judge Sarah Russell (D. Conn.) in Rignol v. Yale Univ. (a case I first wrote about when Rignol's attempt to sue pseudonymously was rejected):
Plaintiff Thierry Rignol is an entrepreneur and investor who enrolled as a part-time graduate student at the Yale School of Management ("SOM") in 2023 as a member of the class of 2025. After a teaching assistant flagged one of his exams in the spring of 2024, SOM administrators conducted an investigation to determine whether Rignol violated examination rules by using generative artificial intelligence ("AI"). In the course of its investigation, SOM determined that Rignol was not forthcoming during the investigation and did use AI; SOM penalized Rignol by issuing him an F in the course and suspending him from classes for one year.
Rignol subsequently sought a preliminary injunction that would reinstate him as a student in good standing at SOM such that he could graduate with his classmates in the class of 2025 this spring. Because I conclude that Rignol has failed to make the threshold showing of irreparable harm, I deny Rignol's motion for a preliminary injunction…
Here is an excerpt from the court's long and detailed account of the factual allegations:
