A federal District Court in Miami has held that the University of Miami may be held liable for illegal discrimination on the “cat’s paw theory” of discrimination, acting in accordance with an employee’s discriminatory decision without making an independent examination of the situation. The holding came in response to the University’s motion to dismiss a series of claims brought by an Asian-American who was simultaneously enrolled as a Ph.D. graduate student in molecular and cellular pharmacology and a medical student. The student claimed that he had made a reportable discovery on heart muscle proteins and a post-doc fellow of Brazilian nationality asked to participate in the research and co...