Yet speech codes persist in large part because university general counsels, often far more worried about the expense and bad press of a harassment lawsuit than the comparatively rare and inexpensive free speech lawsuit, have deemed it rational from a cost-benefit standpoint to censor.

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But there is no waiver that protects against the possibility of a lawsuit and its various forms of prayed relief or the public relations nightmares and expense of related litigation.

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