Analyzing cases and discussing their broader implications is the foundation of legal scholarship, but a suit filed in federal court in Newark claims one professor’s take on a pending employment discrimination case constituted defamation and invasion of privacy.

New Jersey banker Robert Catalanello on Dec. 28 sued Zachary Kramer, an associate dean at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law and author of a 2011 law review article titled “Of Meat and Manhood,” which explored a suit brought by a fired employee who alleged that Catalanello discriminated against him because of his vegetarianism and perceived homosexuality.