A recent ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) allows a teacher to proceed with a defamation lawsuit against a school board regarding comments on gender identity. The court dismissed the school board's anti-SLAPP motion, stating that the teacher's claim meets the necessary legal threshold. In related news, St. Thomas College of Law has reached a settlement with a fired professor, who alleged violations of academic freedom and discrimination. This follows a broader trend of legal actions in educational institutions, including a New Jersey school district facing lawsuits after the termination of its openly gay superintendent, and a former tenured professor from Florida A&M University College of Law seeking reinstatement after alleging wrongful termination linked to a federal Equal Pay Act lawsuit. Additionally, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has expressed concern over the University of Texas at Dallas firing the editor-in-chief of its student newspaper for publishing critical stories about the university's handling of protests.