Straus served the subpoena on the students in connection with a civil racketeering lawsuit that he filed in an attempt to characterize the labor union as a collective gangster. After being served with the subpoenas, the students called for Straus’s resignation, arguing that “[s]omeone involved in violating labor laws and sending out subpoenas to check student speech is not someone who should be making policy for a public-spirited law school.”
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Law School Trustee Serves Students Subpoenas
New York University Law School trustee Daniel Straus, who owns several businesses employing low-wage workers, subpoenaed two of the school’s students in connection with their support of a labor union strike to oppose cuts to Straus’ employees’ benefits. So reports The New York Times.
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