Penn received a court stay that paused the university’s obligation to turn over extensive data on Jewish employees to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission while its appeal proceeds. A judge ruled the school did not need to comply with the EEOC request during the litigation, granting reprieve from the compliance deadline in the middle of a dispute over religious discrimination inquiries. The EEOC subpoena, issued last July, sought voluminous information including names and contact details of employees affiliated with Jewish groups, as well as individuals associated with Penn’s Jewish Studies Program and participants in anonymous surveys and campus listening sessions related to antisemitism. Penn said it provided hundreds of pages of documents in good faith but objected to sharing personal and confidential information without consent. Although the judge acknowledged Penn may have limited chances of prevailing on appeal, the court reasoned that requiring disclosure before appellate review would cause harm while pausing compliance would not substantially injure the EEOC. The ruling maintains the status quo as the university challenges the scope of the data demand.