Media and communications professor Mark Crispin Miller (NYU) is suing his colleagues for defaming him.  If the statements at issue are, indeed, false, then he should prevail, since some are plainly factual and plainly damaging (some may even constitute per se defamation, meaning Professor Miller would not need to prove damage to recover).  (See especially paragraph 23 of the complaint, which calls to mind earlier defamation of Professor Stock.)   There is an interview with Professor Miller about the case here.  I suspect we will see more lawsuits like this, as academics and students become increasingly reckless with open denunciations, letters and petitions.

(As an aside, Miller does seem to be clueless about COVID, but that's irrelevant to most of the defamation claims at issue.)

(Thanks to S. Wes for the pointer.)