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German co-determination law requires large companies like Siemens and Volkswagen to give workers up to half seats on supervisory boards

Penn decried demand as disconcerting and illegal in court filing last month

Harvard and administration considered settlement to their clash

School resisted subpoena for information about employees who brought complaints about antisemitic discrimination and those who are members of Jewish groups on campus

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued University of Pennsylvania in November

Administration argues university has not released applicant-level data it is seeking

Primary focus was demand for trove of documents and written answers to list of questions

Government has also sought text messages emails and other communications from Harvard officials discussing Mr Trump executive orders last year aimed at rooting out diversity equity and inclusion programs

If Harvard has stopped discriminating it should happily share data necessary to prove it Harmeet K Dhillon said in statement

Trump and Stephen Miller played a direct role in writing

Since Mr Trump took office last year his administration has repeatedly insinuated university has flouted court decision

Education Secretary Linda McMahon accused university of continuing to engage in ugly racism in undergraduate and graduate schools

Lawsuit was assigned to Judge Myong J Joun

Lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in Boston

False Claims Act is law designed to punish those who swindle government

Harvard has been responding to government inquiries in good faith and continues to be willing to engage with government according to process required by law

Defense Department severed academic ties with Harvard four days later

Harvard maintained schools complied with 2023 Supreme Court ruling forcing colleges to stop considering race in admissions

University was committed to following law including civil rights laws in connection with admissions and financial aid

President responded on social media with posts calling for criminal investigation of Harvard and announced increased fine demand to $1 billion