On November 11, 2009, the UWM Post and former editor in chief Jonathan Anderson filed a lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee claiming the university violated Wisconsin's public records law by redacting records the UWM Post requested regarding the university's Union Policy Board. The university argued it redacted the records pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal student privacy law, because students were members of the board.
On November 11, 2009, the UWM Post and former editor in chief Jonathan Anderson filed a lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alleging the university overstepped its bounds by withholding records the UWM Post had sought regarding the university's Union Policy Board. The university maintained it had redacted the documents to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which protects student privacy.