By ALM Staff | July 26, 2024
Stay on top of the evolving legal risks at educational institutions with news and analysis from the Law.com Newsroom.
By Mason Lawlor | July 24, 2024
"The students are like, 'we're one month away, what's the plan?'" said Ryan Griffith, lead attorney and adjunct professor at Golden Gate University Law School. "I've been trying to get answers formally for months, and that's why we did this litigation."
By Colleen Murphy | July 24, 2024
"First, the district court plainly erred in enjoining dozens of provisions that respondents have not challenged and that the court did not find likely unlawful," the stay application argued. "Like the injunction in Labrador, that sweeping relief ignores the fundamental principle that equitable relief must be tailored to match the plaintiffs' injuries and legal claims."
By Riley Brennan | July 19, 2024
"The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to address profound discrimination against individuals with disabilities and to allow people with disabilities to use their potential, their knowledge, their talents to make the world better for everyone," said plaintiff's counsel, Mary Vargas, a partner at Stein & Vargas, in Washington, D.C. "This decision clears the way for state professional licensing entities to discriminate and in so doing deprives all of us of the gifts that people with disabilities have to offer."
By Colleen Murphy | July 18, 2024
"The Sixth Circuit has telegraphed that the expansion of Bostock v. Clayton County's definition of sex discrimination into other areas, including Title IX, is likely dead on arrival or at least in for a substantial uphill battle," Patricia Hamill, a member and co-chair of the Title IX and campus discipline practice at Clark Hill, said.
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By Riley Brennan | July 10, 2024
"A public employee's right to speak about matters of public concern must not be allowed to halt the operations of, say, a public school. On the other hand, the degree of disruption required will vary depending on the speech at issue," wrote U.S. District Judge John M. Gallagher for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By Colleen Murphy | June 27, 2024
"There is a long history of false accusations destroying the lives of innocent people, like Joshua Wright, including those recognized by important court rulings," Jesse R. Binnall, a partner with Binnall Law Group in Alexandria, Virginia, wrote. "There is a reason Americans do not trust their Congress – wasting resources based upon an obvious hit piece cannot be a good way to earn back their trust."
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By Amanda O'Brien | June 27, 2024
The University of the Arts isn't the first small college to land in financial peril, and more schools are likely to find themselves in a crunch in the coming years.
By Colleen Murphy | June 26, 2024
Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, cited an investigative report in The Wall Street Journal on law school professor Joshua Wright, who allegedly used "his influence over academic and career opportunities to seduce young female law students into inappropriate sexual relationships or to harass them sexually at various points during the period 2004-2023, when he served on the faculty."
By Colleen Murphy | June 25, 2024
"We will keep fighting to protect gender-diverse students, who suffer worse health and educational outcomes when they are not supported in schools, and against sex-based discrimination in all its forms," New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said.
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