Two recent court rulings favored institutions in high‑profile campus legal battles. A Massachusetts Superior Court dismissed former Harvard Business School professor Benjamin Edelman’s lawsuit contesting his tenure denial, reaffirming judicial deference to academic promotion decisions and internal review procedures. Separately, a judge dismissed a former university president’s suit against Seton Hall. The Edelman decision underscores the limited contractual right to tenure and reaffirms facultative standards like ‘community values’ as factors that courts will not easily overturn when institutions document due process. The Seton Hall dismissal likewise signals a judiciary reluctance to substitute court judgment for institutional governance. University counsel and leaders should review promotion and disciplinary protocols to ensure procedural clarity and documentation; the rulings reinforce the importance of transparent recordkeeping in disputes that could become litigation.