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Preliminary Injunctions Constitutional Challenges Department of Education

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Federal Judge in New Hampshire Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking Education Department’s DEI Letter

On April 24, 2025, a federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire largely blocked the U.S. Department of Education from cutting funding for schools that refuse to drop diversity, equity, and...more

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Federal Courts Temporarily Block Enforcement of U.S. Department of Education "Dear Colleague Letter" Barring "Illegal DEI" in...

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On April 24, 2025, Judges Landya McCafferty and Stephanie Gallagher, sitting in the United States District Courts in New Hampshire and Maryland, respectively, issued rulings blocking the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)...more

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Title IX and Title VI Enforcement Continues, “Dear Colleague” Pause for Some, and SCOTUS Hears LGBTQ Curriculum Challenge

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We took the week off from our Week in Review alert last week as it was a (relatively) slow week. However, as it tends to happen after a slow week, developments picked back up this week....more

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Anti-DEI Executive Orders Are Enforceable, for Now, After Fourth Circuit Lifts Preliminary Injunction

The U.S. Court of Appeals will expedite its review of appeal of preliminary injunction. On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the Government’s motion for a temporary stay of a district...more

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20 States and District of Columbia Sue Over U.S. Department of Education Mass Layoff

On March 13, 2025, twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration to stop its plans to cut the U.S. Department of Education’s workforce by roughly half. The case is in the U.S. District Court for the...more

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Eighth Circuit Broadens Injunction Prohibiting Implementation of SAVE Federal Student Loan Repayment Plan, Calls Into Question...

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On February 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit—following up on its August 2024 unsigned order—resolved an expedited appeal concerning a district court injunction preventing the U.S. Department of...more

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Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction against Anti-DEI Executive Orders

Despite court ruling, educational institutions face continuing enforcement uncertainty pursuant to the February 14 “Dear Colleague Letter” issued by the Department of Education - On February 21, 2025, a federal court in...more

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Title IX Litigation Tracker: 2024 Title IX Regulations Vacated by District Court

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The legal saga surrounding the 2024 Title IX Regulations reached a new peak earlier this month. On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted summary judgment in favor of the...more

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State of Tennessee v. Cardona: Implications of the Vacatur of the 2024 Title IX Regulations

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On April 19, 2024, the Department of Education released its final Title IX regulations regarding sexual discrimination in federally-funded education (the “2024 Title IX Rules”)....more

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Title IX Risk and Legal

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Title IX, enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, is a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Its primary...more

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Court Vacates 2024 Title IX Regulations Nationwide: What This Means for Covered Institutions

On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (“Court”) vacated the 2024 Title IX Final Rule (“Final Rule”) nationwide in State of Tennessee v. Cardona. The U.S. Department of Education...more

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2024 Title IX Regulations Vacated Nationwide: What You Need to Know Today

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Holland & Knight previously explained how injunctions issued in many states blocked enforcement of 2024 Title IX regulations in those states (a list that eventually grew to 26 states) and how a Kansas federal district court's...more

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2024 Title IX Regulations Are Likely Vacated

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Last year was a turbulent one for Title IX, and although we are just a few days into 2025, this turbulence has persisted into the new year. Yesterday, January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky issued a ruling that...more

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Additional Title IX Regulation Injunctions Just Before the Implementation Deadline

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In the days just before the August 1, 2024 implementation deadline, a flurry of judicial activity changed the landscape of new Title IX regulation implementation yet again. ...more

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Title IX Regulations Enjoined in Four More States as Department of Education Appeals Earlier Injunctions

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On July 2, Judge John Broomes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas handed down yet another preliminary injunction blocking the Title IX regulations issued in April, following on the heels of similar orders...more

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