Clemson University agreed to rescind the termination of assistant professor Joshua Bregy and will reinstate pay and benefits through his original contract term as part of a settlement with the ACLU and Bregy, who sued after his dismissal over a social‑media post. Under the agreement Bregy will resign in May and the university will provide positive references. In a separate but related development, a federal judge declined to immediately reinstate a University of Kentucky law professor removed after publishing a petition calling for military action against Israel, pausing the case while an institutional investigation proceeds. Both cases highlight legal, reputational and governance risks trustees and general counsels now face when public controversy intersects classroom speech. University counsel teams should be prepared for litigation, settlements and faculty‑discipline disputes that can span months and demand careful public‑records and free‑speech defenses. (Sources: university releases; court filings; ACLU statements.)