Educational institutions are anxiously awaiting the U.S. Department of Education’s issuance of the amended final Title IX regulations. The deadline for releasing the new regulations has been pushed back several times...more
4/10/2024
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Employers in Connecticut need to be aware that Connecticut law makes the free speech provisions of both the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and those of the Connecticut Constitution applicable to...more
2/2/2023
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Social Media Policy ,
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On January 9, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. we presented our first in a monthly series of “Title IX on the Nines” webinars. We were joined by over 100 people from the K-12 and college/university levels. We discussed the top five...more
Despite the US Department of Education’s direction that the new Title IX regulations on sexual harassment will not be enforced retroactively, at least one federal court has disagreed. In Doe v. Rensselaer Polytechnic...more
11/4/2020
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Gender-Based Violence ,
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Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Violence Policies ,
Students ,
Title IX
It is a familiar situation for most Title IX coordinators: a student reveals that he/she is being sexually harassed by someone but follows the declaration up with a plea that he/she just wanted someone to know but does not...more
The new Title IX regulations (the “Regulations”) proscribe very specific things that must occur whenever a formal complaint of sexual harassment is filed, whether against another student or a staff member. ...more
6/1/2020
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The U.S. Department of Education has placed much emphasis lately on its concerns over sexual harassment occurring on college campuses and how colleges are investigating complaints and disciplining students accused of...more
5/29/2020
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Gender-Based Violence ,
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Sexual Assault ,
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Sexual Violence Policies ,
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The U.S. Department of Education issued the first revision to its Title IX regulations in 45 years (the “Regulations”). The regulations go into effect August 14, 2020 and make sweeping changes in the way that elementary and...more
5/27/2020
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Gender-Based Violence ,
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Sexual Violence Policies ,
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The legislature, this year, put in place significant changes relative to the expulsion of students which will supposedly go into effect on August 15, 2017. Assuming that the legislature leaves intact these changes during the...more