In the ongoing Ken Cuccinelli versus UVA saga, the university has thrown the latest punch.
According to The Daily Progress, UVA lawyers argue that subpoenas by the Attorney General for information about research grants received by former UVA climate scientist Michael Mann are "unlawful" and a burden to tax payers.
The article states that, in a court filing, UVA’s lawyers presented arguments for putting aside Cuccinelli’s suit. One of the arguments says that "compliance would require the university to expend substantial effort at the Commonwealth’s expense to identify, collect, review and produce all the information requested."
In an earlier jab, Cuccinelli argued in a legal filing that his demand should be granted because it does not affect academic freedom (as UVA argued), and the First Amendment is not a shield against fraud investigations.