The Speak Out Act and Compliance Programs
#WorkforceWednesday: Speak Out Act Takes Effect, Enhanced Data Privacy Obligations for California Employers, and SEC Releases Whistleblower Annual Report - Employment Law This Week®
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#WorkforceWednesday: New Law on Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims, Cyber War Ramps Up, Salaried Nonexempt Status - Employment Law This Week®
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Update and Discussion on Legal and Practical Issues
DE Under 3: OFCCP Contractor Portal & Request for Comments for Functional Affirmative Action Programs (FAAPs)
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to Title IX
New Title IX Regulations: A Seismic Shift During a Pandemic (Webinar Recording)
Compliance Perspectives: Healthcare Compliance at the Border
A Discussion on the Kollaritsch v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees Decision
Cullen & Dykman Sees Colleges Calling for Title IX Help v
The Integrated and Coordinated Approach to Title IX Compliance
Webinar: Investigating and Resolving Sexual Assaults on Campus
Bricker Graydon’s Higher Education Fall 2024 Title IX Trainings - As the landscape of Title IX continues to evolve, it's essential for educational institutions to stay ahead of the curve. Our Fall 2024 Title IX Trainings...more
We are nearly at the one-month mark with the 2024 Title IX Regulations in effect. Since the August 1 implementation date, school administrators have been busy getting trained, preparing for the school year ahead, and sorting...more
On July 29, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court held in Doe v. Alpena Public School District that the state’s civil rights law, Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (“ELCRA”), does not provide a cause of action against an educational...more
Dear Higher Education Readers … The spring of 2024 not only brought with it the release of Season 3 of the Netflix blockbuster Bridgerton, but also the release of revised Title IX regulations. On April 18, 2024, the U.S....more
Students involved in campus sexual assault cases often come to us full of confusion surrounding the intersection of the Title IX complaints and criminal investigations. While the same set of allegations can be simultaneously...more
Navigating the aftermath of an alleged sexual assault on a college campus is a daunting and complex process. Not only are you faced with the possibility of criminal charges from local law enforcement, but you also have to...more
Oh no, not another blog about the Title IX Regulations! I know, how many summaries of the same thing can you read? But here’s the thing: ATIXA’s compliance series is not another summary. It is designed to highlight topics you...more
On April 19, the Department of Education (the Department) released the long-awaited Final Title IX Regulation (Final Rule or New Rule), overhauling the previous administration’s Title IX regulations that were published in...more
On April 19, 2024, the United States Department of Education (the “Department”) released its long-awaited final rule amending Title IX regulations. School districts will need to prepare to implement the new regulations as...more
On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (the “Department”) announced that Liberty University (“Liberty”) has agreed to pay a fine of $14 million for material and ongoing violations of the federal Clery Act. This...more
Bricker Graydon’s Higher Education Team is pleased to announce a Winter 2024 series of Title IX trainings, all available virtually via webinar. Please note that each training is split into two days. Attendees will need to...more
Title IX coordinators in higher education have a lot on their plates when it comes to complying with various federal and state regulations related to sex- and gender-based harassment, discrimination, and violence prevention....more
[Revised and updated from my previous blog post in August]. As you know, the Department of Education is empowered to craft regulations to fulfill Congress’ mandate for sex equity under Title IX. The Department (ED),...more
In the previous three newsletters, the authors reported about the recent challenges associated with the field moving towards a quasi-legal system. Yet, something we did not expand upon is how Title IX officers are coping with...more
In our second blog entry, “Barriers to Student Reporting,” we reported that a quasi-legal judicial system may produce increased barriers for reporting sexual misconduct cases and, therefore, have diminished effects on...more
Sexual misconduct on college campuses has become more prevalent as well as severe in the past few decades, with significant social, financial, psychological, and educational costs to survivors and institutions (Nightingale...more
Saifullah Khan has been thrust into the national spotlight, embroiled in a public, years-long web of civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings stemming from an allegation of rape and his subsequent expulsion from Yale. ...more
In a fractured decision, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated a former University of Arizona student’s Title IX lawsuit against the university. Vacating a divided three-judge panel’s...more
We asked our keynote speaker, Aaron Stark, what he is most excited about for the 2023 Annual Conference and where he sees the field of violence prevention going in the future. What does violence prevention mean to you?...more
This year, the Fourth Circuit dealt with two Title IX cases involving allegations of due process violations. In these cases, the Court assumed, but did not decide, that university students have a constitutionally protected...more
As was mentioned previously, the purpose of this series of articles is to provide an overview regarding the scope of Title IX liability for school districts and the potential damages they face, which continues to evolve...more
If you’re like most of us in the Title IX field, the deeply technocratic nuances of federal regulation bore you to tears. I share your ennui. Please consider this your least complicated primer on how and when we may get the...more
What does Title IX mean to you? Title IX is endlessly fascinating, which is one of the reasons I love it so much. It is such a simple statement embedded in law, yet it has applicability in numerous and ever-evolving...more