A Massachusetts Superior Court judge granted summary judgment to Harvard University, dismissing former Harvard Business School professor Benjamin Edelman’s lawsuit alleging the university breached procedures when denying him tenure. The court found Edelman had no contractual entitlement to tenure and that Harvard followed its internal review processes. The case tested how institutions weigh faculty conduct and "community values" in tenure decisions. Harvard’s Faculty Review Board had cited concerns about Edelman’s behavior and disclosures in earlier reviews; the judge’s ruling reaffirms the broad discretion universities traditionally have over promotion and tenure outcomes. Legal experts say the decision will likely reinforce institutional latitude in personnel judgments but also underscores the stakes of faculty conduct reviews for academic careers and governance norms.