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OCR Resolution Agreement Underscores Obligations Regarding Institutional Support for Pregnant Students

​On January 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published a letter and resolution agreement regarding a December 2020 complaint (OCR Complaint # 04-21-2060) filed against Troy...more

The Department of Education Opens an Investigation After University Acknowledges Embedded Racism

Earlier this month, Princeton’s President sent a letter to the Princeton community to outline the University’s next steps to “address systemic racism at Princeton and beyond.” President Eisgruber showed his support for...more

The Department of Education Rescinds Prior Title IX Guidance Documents and Makes Key Changes to Title IX Case Processing Manual

Late last week, with no apparent public discussion, the Department of Education (the “Department”) withdrew a number of Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) guidance documents relating to Title IX in the wake of the new Title IX...more

Manufacturing and Distributing Personal Protective Equipment in Response to COVID-19: What Higher Education Institutions Need to...

In response to widespread shortages of protective masks, face shields and other medical devices and device components (e.g., ventilators and ventilator parts) in light of COVID-19, some colleges and universities with the...more

Pennsylvania Department of Education Releases “Model Policy” and New Requirements Concerning Sexual Violence/Harassment Policies

On June 28, 2019, Governor Wolf signed into law Act 16 of 2019, which requires institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania to meet two new categories of requirements related to sexual misconduct in their programs and...more

Higher Education Highlights Summer 2019

Esports - Electronic sports (esports), also known as competitive video and computer gaming, continues to boom in popularity. Esports is a spectator-driven phenomenon: some reports estimate the global esports audience will...more

Eastern District of Pennsylvania Rejects Government’s Use of “Unfettered Discretion” to Dismiss Qui Tam Actions

Recently, Judge Timothy J. Savage of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said the government cannot simply exercise “unfettered discretion” to dismiss a qui tam action. See United States v. EMD...more

New Jersey Superior Court Says Doctor Is Entitled To His Share Of GSK Global Settlement

On October 29, 2018, a three-judge panel in New Jersey’s Superior Court held the lower court improperly expanded a confidentiality provision in a deal among four relators....more

Department of Education New Proposed Title IX Regulations

The United States Department of Education released its new proposed Title IX regulations addressing sexual harassment (including sexual assault) today. ...more

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