On Friday, January 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) clarifying that, effective immediately, OCR will enforce Title IX in accordance with the 2020...more
2/27/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Colleges ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Executive Orders ,
OCR ,
School Policies ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Violence Policies ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Title IX Coordinator ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
On January 9, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a landmark decision vacating the 2024 Title IX regulations nationwide. As we discussed in our previous alert, this ruling has...more
1/15/2025
/ Colleges ,
Department of Education ,
Educational Institutions ,
Final Rules ,
OCR ,
School Policies ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title IX ,
Title IX Coordinator ,
Universities ,
Vacated
On January 9, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (the “Court”) issued a decision and order in Tennessee v. Cardona (the “January 9 Order”). Plaintiffs had sued the Department of...more
1/13/2025
/ Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Education ,
Educational Institutions ,
Final Rules ,
Gender Identity ,
School Policies ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title IX ,
Title IX Coordinator ,
Universities ,
Vacated
The Title IX regulations became effective on August 1, 2024. In the days and weeks leading up to and following implementation, colleges across the country have updated their policies and procedures, notices of...more
5/24/2024
/ Colleges ,
Employee Training ,
New Regulations ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Professors ,
School Policies ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Title IX Coordinator ,
Universities ,
Webinars
The April release of the federal Title IX regulations came at the same time as the federal government released regulations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and on the heels of the implementation of the Providing...more
5/24/2024
/ Colleges ,
New Regulations ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Professors ,
Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Title IX Coordinator ,
Universities ,
Webinars
With the release of the long-awaited federal Title IX regulations, as reviewed during our April 25 webinar, the grievance procedures required under Title IX have become more flexible.
On June 12, 2024, we will hold the...more
The long-awaited federal Title IX regulations have been released, and it is critical that you know what is needed for compliance by the August 1, 2024 implementation deadline. We have analyzed the unofficial 1,577-page...more
4/19/2024
/ Colleges ,
Grievance Process ,
New Regulations ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
School Policies ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Title IX Coordinator ,
Training Requirements ,
Universities ,
Webinars