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The Supreme Court Update - May 23, 2025

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On Thursday, May 22, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions: Kousisis v. United States, No. 23-909: This case addresses the elements of the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343....more

Epstein Becker & Green

A Tie Goes to the Runner, a Common Law Extravaganza, and the Administration Gets a Break - SCOTUS Today

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Yesterday, an evenly divided 4–4 U.S. Supreme Court, with Justice Barrett having recused herself, decided in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond to leave in place the holding of the Oklahoma Supreme Court...more

Allen Matkins

Is This Harvard Magazine Article Incorrect?

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There have been numerous news reports about the discovery of an original Magna Carta at the Harvard Law School Library, including this article in Harvard Magazine.  According to these reports, a document previously...more

Marshall Dennehey

Ohio Law Does Not Conflict with the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act

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The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) oversees Ohio’s implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), a federal law that entitles children with disabilities to a free appropriate...more

Snell & Wilmer

Navigating New Department of Education Guidance Amid Shifting Judicial Precedents

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In its final days, the Biden Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague Letter regarding misrepresentations made by third‐party service providers engaged by institutions of higher education. This new guidance, published...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

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 Strikes Down Title IX Rule

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On January 9, 2025, a federal trial court in State of Tennessee, et al. v. Cardona vacated the Biden Administration’s overhaul of Title IX regulations. Although provisions of the Rule had already been temporarily blocked in...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The List Is In: Moms for Liberty Names Schools in Closely Watched Title IX Court Battle

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The highly anticipated list of schools attended by children of members of Moms for Liberty, one of several plaintiffs that filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Department of Education's new Title IX regulations,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Fourth Circuit: Institution's Tax-Exempt Status Does Not Trigger the Applicability of Title IX's Requirements

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On March 27, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that an independent high school’s Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status does not constitute “receiving Federal financial assistance,” for purposes of subjecting an...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Bypassing MCAD in Student Sexual Harassment Cases in Massachusetts

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In a March 21, 2024, decision in the matter of Doe v. Cheffi, Suffolk Superior Court Justice Connolly ruled that students may bring sexual harassment claims against educational institutions in court, without first bringing...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Fourth Circuit Holds Federal Tax-Exempt Status Does Not Subject Private Independent School to Title IX Responsibility

In an earlier article, we discussed how a federal district court’s decision that mere 501(c)(3) status can trigger obligations under Title IX created shock waves throughout the private independent school community. A recent...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Title IX’s Implications for the LGBTQ+ Community

The City of Atlanta celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride in October for several reasons — National Coming Out Day is celebrated on Oct. 11; the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights serves as a...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

OCR Doubles Down on Position that Title IX Equity Rules Do Not Protect Transgender Students

On January 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights issued a memorandum containing its interpretation of Bostock v. Clayton and its lack of effect on OCR’s interpretation of Title IX.  The U.S....more

Cozen O'Connor

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Denies Medical Marijuana Accommodation for Nursing Student

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In a first-of-its-kind decision issued on October 29, 2020, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held that Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) did not require a nursing school to accommodate a student’s use of medical...more

Rumberger | Kirk

3rd DCA Confirms Sovereign Immunity Applies to Private Entities Providing Healthcare to State Institutions

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In Lazzari v. Guzman, M.D., No. 3D19-597, 2020 WL 6302405(Fla. 3d DCA Oct. 28, 2020), the Third DCA upheld a trial court’s ruling that the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (“UM”) was entitled to sovereign...more

Franczek P.C.

Update: Application of New Tenure Rules Under PERA

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As we discussed in an alert in December, with PERA’s full implementation on September 1, 2016, new tenure rules are in effect in Illinois. ...more

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Latest Legal Developments on Transgender Student Issues

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Gloucester County School Board v. G.G., 136 S. Ct. 2442 (U.S. 2016): Supreme Court Stays Fourth Circuit Order allowing transgender student to use boys’ restroom; State of Texas, et al. v. United States of Amercia, et al.,...more

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