A newly released video from former Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman challenges the Faculty Review Board’s report that denied him tenure, adding fuel to his ongoing civil‑suit alleging distorted evidence and procedural problems. Edelman argued the FRB selectively excerpted and paraphrased negative comments to create an impression of consensus against his tenure bid, and he contends important contextual and positive evidence was omitted. The lawsuit, filed in 2023, has already pulled senior HBS administrators and faculty into depositions and public scrutiny, making private tenure deliberations a matter of public record for perhaps the first time in the school’s history. The case raises questions about confidentiality, the evidence‑gathering process in tenure reviews, and the legal exposure universities face when personnel decisions are contested in court. Higher‑education governance experts said the litigation could prompt deans and provosts to reexamine tenure procedures, confidentiality protections and recordkeeping practices. Faculty groups and institutions are watching for any legal rulings that might change how tenure evidence is compiled and reviewed.