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Civil Litigation

Aug. 14, 2017

Pepperdine Title IX trial ends with scathing closing arguments

A month-long trial over alleged discrimination against LGBT students at Pepperdine University ended in dramatic fashion on Friday, with counsel accusing each other’s clients of perpetrating dark conspiracies.

LOS ANGELES — A month-long trial over alleged discrimination against LGBT students at Pepperdine University ended in dramatic fashion on Friday, with counsel accusing each other’s clients of perpetrating dark conspiracies.

The blank-faced jury and a court full of Pepperdine supporters watched as plaintiffs’ counsel Jayesh Patel rhythmically clapped his hands to emphasize that “the heartbeat, the pulse” of his Title IX case comes fr...

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