This is the second article in a series exploring what our Title IX team has learned in the year following the implementation of the 2020 Title IX regulations.
Since the new Title IX regulations were released in May of...more
This is the first article in a series exploring what our Title IX team has learned in the year following the implementation of the 2020 Title IX regulations.
Since the effective date of the new Title IX regulations last...more
9/2/2021
/ Colleges ,
Educational Institutions ,
Final Rules ,
OCR ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Violence Policies ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Training Requirements ,
Universities
This time last year, most colleges and universities had just launched new, 2020 regulations-compliant Title IX policy, all while preparing to start a second semester disrupted by a global pandemic. In the year that has...more
U.S. businesses and employees responded remarkably to the abrupt shift to at-home working brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many of the workplace changes brought about by necessity are likely to remain, even...more
Employment law poses some of the most important compliance issues for businesses and their in-house counsel under the best of circumstances. During a pandemic, these issues become heightened....more
On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed, and President Trump signed into law, the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (H. R. 6201), two days after the final bill was approved in the U.S. House of...more
Early in the morning on Saturday, March 14, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (H.R. 6201), which contains several provisions that will impact private employers with...more
Preparations are well underway for the largest peacetime mobilization of federal resources—the decennial census. As a result of their “hard to count” student populations, as well as their obligations under federal student...more
Counsel at schools and universities understandably don’t follow legal developments in financial services very closely, but recent changes in regulations affecting prepaid accounts could impact institutions of higher...more
4/2/2019
/ Colleges ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Cards ,
Educational Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
New Regulations ,
Payroll Cards ,
Students ,
Universities
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its adoption of a new test on January 5, 2018, for determining whether interns are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). In recent years, many for-profit employers...more
In the wake of the deadly Charlottesville protests, institutions of higher education are under heightened pressure to prepare their campuses for disruption and unrest. Many colleges and universities have open campuses, enjoy...more
Michigan State University’s announcement earlier this month that hackers had gained access to a school database of about 400,000 records highlights why colleges and universities are such tempting targets for hackers and just...more
Your business, school or enterprise has an obligation under the law to accommodate handicapped people in accessing your facilities. As more business moves to the Web, the U.S. Justice Department is increasingly finding that...more
9/24/2015
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Class Action ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disabilities ,
Duty to Accommodate ,
Enforcement Actions ,
H&R Block ,
Internet Retailers ,
Mass Tort Litigation ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retailers ,
Website Accessibility ,
Websites