October 2020: He Sued Harvard Over Defense Costs. That Is a Filing.

Reporting: on October 9, 2020, the Daily Caller wrote that Charles Lieber sued Harvard over the university’s refusal to advance legal-defense costs, citing the Associated Press. The Caller said the suit alleged Harvard had not agreed to reimburse costs and was demanding that he first prove his innocence to the school.

This site did not retrieve an independent docket PDF of that civil case for this draft. Treat the episode as reported. A civil complaint is an allegation by the plaintiff. It is not a finding that Harvard violated a duty, and it is not part of the criminal judgment.