Clemson University recently filed an amended lawsuit alleging that “slander” from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) damaged the school’s interests and properties.The new lawsuit filed on April 17 was an amended version of the one filed by Clemson in March.

Clemson has turned up the heat on its lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference — litigation that also affects Florida State’s future in the ACC. The Tigers are now seeking “punitive damages to Clemson for the ACC’s willful and malicious conduct,

Clemson is asking a South Carolina court to award the school damages for the ACC's "misstatements and slander" relating to its media rights deal with ESPN.

There's been plenty of attention paid to Florida State's ongoing legal battle with the ACC as it angles for an exit from the conference, but Clemson has