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Kansas Passes Legislation to Restrict Transgender Bathroom Access in Government Buildings

Kansas recently became the latest state to pass legislation to restrict transgender individuals’ access to bathrooms and other private spaces in government-owned buildings. ...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

An employer's harassment to-do list for our times

Easiest to-do list ever! As I reported recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has rescinded a detailed harassment guidance document issued during the Biden Administration. As a result, many employers...more

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Transgender Rights in the Courts: A Year of Landmark Decisions and Pending Questions

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The legal landscape for transgender rights in the United States continues to evolve rapidly, with the U.S. Supreme Court (the “Court”) and federal courts issuing pivotal decisions. The past year has seen high-profile cases on...more

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Congressional Investigations: Year in Preview and What to Expect in 2026

This is the fifth installment in our 2026 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next...more

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The Year That Changed Sports Forever

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If there's one word to describe 2025 in sports law, it's transformation. From January through August 2025, the sports landscape experienced structural changes, most consequentially in college sports where the House v. NCAA...more

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EEOC Rescinds 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, What's Next?

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On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-1 to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, which addressed employers’ obligations to prevent and respond to...more

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Employer Checklist for February 2026

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Here are the top 10 workplace compliance items you should tackle in February 2026, based on the latest labor and employment law updates...more

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Single Sex Spaces in Peggie/Fife Health Board and Employment news Roundup - UK HR Two Minute Monthly: January 2026

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Our January 2026 employment law update looks at the tribunal case of Peggie v Fife Health Board, which explores the regulation of single sex spaces in light of the judgment in For Women Scotland. ...more

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EEOC Rescinds Anti-Harassment Guidance Addressing Transgender Protections

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has voted to rescind its anti-harassment guidance that previously stated misgendering employees could constitute unlawful discrimination under Title VII of the Civil...more

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EEOC Reverses Course on Gender Identity/LGBTQ+ Workplace Protections

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to revoke prior federal guidance that treated the intentional misgendering of employees as a form of unlawful workplace harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights...more

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EEOC Revokes Workplace Guidance on Gender Identity: Here’s What Employers Need to Know

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As we anticipated, the Trump administration rescinded Biden-era guidance Thursday on transgender rights in the workplace. In a 2-1 vote, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) scrapped enforcement guidance...more

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Employment Law Update: The EEOC Revokes Its Guidance on Transgender Protections Under Title VII

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At a public meeting on January 22, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind its Biden-era harassment guidance (the Guidance) that identified persistent misgendering and/or limiting restroom...more

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BREAKING: EEOC votes to revoke Biden-era transgender guidance

Bloomberg Law has just reported that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted to rescind guidance on transgender discrimination that was issued during the Biden Administration. As I reported on Friday, the EEOC...more

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US Department of Education Announces 18 Title IX Investigations Related to Transgender Athletes – What Should Your School Do?

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The US Department of Education recently launched a series of Title IX investigations of 18 different colleges and universities, state departments of education, and local public school systems that have policies allowing...more

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Supreme Court Poised to Uphold Transgender Athlete Bans – What Comes Next?

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After nearly three and a half hours of argument last week in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox—consolidated cases challenging state laws barring transgender girls and women from female-designated sports teams—a...more

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4 employment law shorts for the long weekend

The feds are hopping! I’ll keep this short so you can get to your long weekend. There have been four hot developments in employment law. Here’s the scoop: No. 1: "Are you or a loved one a white male? Call now for a...more

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Big Deal? EEOC seeks to rescind Biden-era harassment guidance

On December 29*, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget to rescind harassment Guidance that was issued in April 2024, during the Biden Administration. This...more

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Gender-Affirming Care: Multi‑State Lawsuit Challenges HHS Declaration

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As previously discussed in Foley’s healthcarelawtoday, on December 18, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) held a press conference focused on what it defined as “sex rejection procedures” (SRPs), also...more

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How Could a Florida Bill Restricting Use of Pronouns Impact Public Workplaces?

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On Dec. 3, 2025, Florida state Rep. Rachel Saunders Plakon (R-36) and Rep. Kim Kendall (R-18) introduced the “Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act” (HB 641). If enacted, the Act would prohibit Florida public employers...more

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McDermott+ Check-Up: December 19, 2025

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House continues debate on healthcare legislation. Late last week, House Republican leadership unveiled their new healthcare proposal in the midst of ongoing debate on how to address the Affordable Care Act’s expiring enhanced...more

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District Dilemma: Comply with Department of Education’s Directives (and risk lawsuits) or Binding Court Decisions (and risk losing...

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Fairfax Cty. Sch. Bd. v. McMahon, Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-1432, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179299, at *5 (E.D. Va. Sep. 5, 2025).  District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declines to rule on the merits of a school...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - December 2025

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Swimmers suing World Aquatics over alleged antitrust violations say the objection to an additional $1.16 million in attorney fees is “absurd,” arguing the international governing body knows payment would come from a fund...more

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A Public School District's Bar Against Students Referring to Transgender Classmates with Biological Sex Pronouns is...

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In Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education, _ F.3d _ (6th Cir.  2025), the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an Ohio public school district’s prohibition against...more

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AGG Talks: Government Insight for Life Sciences Leaders | How Medicare Regulations Could Affect Access to Gender-Affirming Care:...

In this episode, AGG Life Sciences co-chair Alan Minsk and Healthcare partner Andrew Tsui examine how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") may apply the Medicare Conditions of Participation ("COPs") to...more

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SCOTUS to Review Whether State Gender-Based Sports Designations Violate Title IX and Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

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Does Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevent states from designating separate girls’ and boys’ sports teams based on biological sex determined at birth?...more

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