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The Wait is Over: Department of Education Issues Final Title IX Regulations

Schools that have been anxiously awaiting the U.S. Department of Education’s final regulations enforcing and interpreting Title IX need wait no longer. The department issued final regulations last week that will govern sex...more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. Department of Education Releases Its Long-Awaited Final Title IX Regulations

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The U.S. Department of Education (Department) on April 19, 2024, released its final regulations for Title IX, the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that receive federal...more

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Addressing Workplace Complaints: A Critical Step in Light of Whistleblower Incentives

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Prosecutors and regulators have recently offered significant financial rewards to whistleblowers to come forward in an effort to spur corporate enforcement. But whistleblowers aren’t made overnight – many times they are...more

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Preparing for the 2024 Regs: Death to the Single Investigator Model…Long Live the Single Investigator Model

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The “single investigator model” describes a practice by which a single individual investigates allegations of misconduct and the same person also makes the final determination of whether policy was violated. This model became...more

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Know Your Ratio of Title IX Hearing Outcomes. What Should It Be?

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More and more schools are publishing Title IX annual reports (a great idea!), and as I was looking at a bunch of them recently, I saw an outlier that prompted this Tip of the Week....more

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3 Considerations Before Starting an HR Investigation

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When looking at any process, there are often things to consider before step one, and HR investigations are no different. Here are three best practices your investigations team should follow once a triggering event has taken...more

Gardner Law

Do you know when to report a medical device complaint?

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Whether you manufacture a Class I elastic bandage or a Class III deep-brain stimulation device, understanding when to report a medical device complaint is critical and is also required for all FDA regulated medical devices....more

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Education Department’s Civil Rights Office Reinstates Complainant Protections, Systemic Investigations

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The revised Case Processing Manual (CPM) issued by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) outlines the procedures OCR uses “to promptly and effectively investigate and resolve complaints, compliance...more

Fish & Richardson

ITC Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2021

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It was another busy month at the ITC. A Final Determination was issued by the Commission in three Section 337 Investigations: Certain Laparoscopic Surgical Staplers, Reload Cartridges, and Components Thereof, Inv. No....more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear YouDig? Design Builder - Style Points

Dear YouDig? We are a design builder with jobs throughout Ohio and the Midwest. We have noticed an increase in workplace discrimination and hostility on many of the jobs we are running. This is definitely not our style...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Morrilton...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and D.E. Jones, Inc., (“DEJI”) entered into an April 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more

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OCR Changes Investigation Protocols for Civil Rights Complaints

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Candice Jackson, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights’ Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, recently provided a “new internal guidance” memorandum to staff that significantly changes the Office...more

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