By Cedra Mayfield | August 11, 2022
"He had the opportunity to decontaminate Keturah Hall and chose not to do it," argued appellant attorney Thomas "Woody" Gatewood Sampson II. "He can be found liable for negligent performance of that ministerial duty."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Judie Saunders | August 11, 2022
Title IX has a long history of defining male and female participation in sports. Since Title IX's enactment, athletes have relied on this law to rid academic institutions of discriminatory practices in athletics. In recent years, transgender persons are also hopeful that Title IX will guarantee them increased access and opportunities in sports.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leigh E. Dalton | August 9, 2022
Because clothing is an expression of oneself, and because students do not shed their expressive rights at the schoolhouse gate, public schools must examine their student dress codes to be cognizant of those rights of expression and the liability of inconsistent and discriminatory enforcement.
By Cheryl Miller | August 4, 2022
Public schools are not business establishments for purposes of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the California Supreme Court held. The unanimous ruling noted, however, that the Legislature is free to expand the law's scope to include schools.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ashling A. Ehrhardt | August 4, 2022
The proposed regulations will advance educational equity and opportunity for women and girls across the country to ensure that every student in America, from kindergarten through a doctorate degree, can achieve her dreams."
By Allison Dunn | July 26, 2022
"In light of the Supreme Court's holdings in Regan, Grove City College, Smith, and Cannon, as discussed supra, this Court holds that §501(c)(3) tax exemption constitutes federal financial assistance for the purposes of Title IX," Judge Richard D. Bennett wrote. "Enforcing the mandates of Title IX in schools with §501(c)(3) status aligns with and protects the principal objectives of Title IX: "'to avoid the use of federal resources to support discriminatory practices' and 'to provide individual citizens effective protection against those practices,' Cannon, 441 U.S. at 704."
By Dara Kam | July 26, 2022
Holland & Knight, which is representing New Jersey-based Savvas Learning Co., maintains that the state's request for information involves scrutinizing millions of emails and would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Marianna Wharry | July 18, 2022
Along with granting summary judgment to Wesleyan University on claims of breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation and reckless and wanton misconduct, a federal judge has ordered the plaintiff to pay attorney fees and costs after she allegedly destroyed evidence relating to her litigation.
By Allison Dunn | July 18, 2022
"The students have only ever asked for a fair refund representing the difference between the access to Suffolk's facilities and services that they prepaid for, and what was actually delivered during the Spring 2020 term," said Roy T. Willey IV, of Anastopoulo Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs.
By Mason Lawlor | July 15, 2022
"It's our position that when a student reports that she has suffered sexual harassment, that it's clearly unreasonable to punish the student for engaging in sexual conduct," counsel for the student argued Thursday.
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