In early July, the University of Pennsylvania said it had reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Education, resolving a federal investigation into Title IX violations based on transgender athlete participation in...more
7/24/2025
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Gender Identity ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sports ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
Last month, the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Education (ED) announced the creation of a joint Special Investigations Team (SIT) to streamline Title IX investigations....more
5/2/2025
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Executive Orders ,
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Risk Management ,
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Title IX ,
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Trump Administration ,
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As previously reported here, on July 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (the Third Circuit) ruled that collegiate student athletes could theoretically be considered employees of their respective...more
On December 18, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) once again found itself on the losing end of a federal court opinion that could alter the landscape of collegiate athletics....more
U.S. college athletes may soon be considered employees entitled to minimum wage under federal law. In a recent decision, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that college athletes could theoretically be considered...more
7/17/2024
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Colleges ,
Compensation ,
Economic Realities Test ,
Employee Definition ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Minimum Wage ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Right to Control ,
Universities
The ball keeps rolling on potentially big compensation for college athletes. In a landmark proposed settlement (Settlement), the National College Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten...more
6/7/2024
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Class Action ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Compensation ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
NCAA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Revenue Sharing ,
Settlement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Student Athletes ,
Universities
For years now, the tide of college athletics has been shifting toward student-athlete representation and empowerment. Now, in what might become a landmark decision, a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board...more
On June 29, 2023, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court drastically altered college admissions by ruling that affirmative action admissions practices violated the Equal Protection Clause of the...more
7/10/2023
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College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Diversity ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Universities
We previously reported on General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's announcement of the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) gameplan to treat certain student athletes at private colleges and universities (together, "Academic...more
6/5/2023
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Employee Rights ,
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Misclassification ,
Name and Likeness ,
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NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Student Athletes ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Universities ,
University of Southern California (USC) ,
Wage and Hour
If there's one thing employers can be sure of from one year to the next, it's that the laws and regulations governing their workplace and workforce are likely to change and develop, at least to some extent. Whether big or...more
1/26/2023
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Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Harvard University ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
LGBTQ ,
NLRA ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Preemption ,
Property Damage ,
Religious Exemption ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Split of Authority ,
Strike ,
Universities