A recent case brought by female physicians against Yale University highlights the difficulty of disentangling an academic medical center from a university when assessing the reach of Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of...more
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. (Title IX) has received a lot of attention recently for its impact on college athletic programs. Both male and female sports have grown increasingly...more
Last month, Baker Donelson reported the surprise ruling out of the Third Circuit in Jane Doe v. Mercy Medical Center in which the court held that the discrimination and harassment prohibitions of Title IX apply to a private...more
Should a medical resident alleging sexual harassment and retaliation be treated as: (i) an employee who can seek relief under Title VII; (ii) a student who can seek relief under Title IX; or (iii) both? And if the answer is...more