Litigation
The UWM Post has been party to numerous lawsuits over the years. These included at least two lawsuits brought by former staff against the paper over its control and resources.
Other legal actions saw the Post as plaintiff seeking to influence public policy. In 1991, the Post was lead plaintiff in an ACLU-supported action against the University of Wisconsin Regents which resulted in the declaration that the University's campus speech codes were unconstitutional.
On November 11, 2009, the UWM Post and former editor in chief Jonathan Anderson filed a lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee claiming the university violated Wisconsin's public records law by redacting records the UWM Post requested regarding the university's Union Policy Board. The university argued it redacted the records pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal student privacy law, because students were members of the board. The newspaper contended that the university was over-complying with FERPA and misinterpreting the law's intent. The dispute was settled out of court, with the university agreeing to release all the records requested. Kevin Lessmiller won the 2010 Wisconsin Newspaper Association's Freedom of Information Award for his coverage of the lawsuit.
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