The NCAA has announced “a new era” in college sports, touting “unprecedented” benefits for student-athletes following the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s long-awaited approval of the $2.8 billion...more
6/9/2025
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Antitrust Violations ,
College Athletes ,
Compensation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX
Institutions should carefully review their policies and practices now that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) have recently formed a special investigations team to increase and prioritize...more
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has rescinded the name, image, and likeness (NIL) guidance under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 issued in the final days of the Biden...more
2/20/2025
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Colleges ,
Department of Education ,
Equal Protection ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
OCR ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
On Feb. 5, 2025, the White House published executive order (EO) “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” aiming to “protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports [.]” The EO establishes a federal...more
How to engage in name, image, and likeness activities (NIL) without running afoul of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a question colleges and universities have wrestled with since the NCAA first permitted the...more
1/28/2025
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Compliance ,
Equal Opportunities ,
Federal Funding ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
OCR ,
School Sports ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sports ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Universities
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed a standard that would clarify participation and equal opportunity of transgender students in school athletics....more
To assist collegiate sports administrators in assessing emerging Title IX issues, we are pleased to provide the Spring/Summer 2021 installment of the Title IX Alert. This issue discusses topics such as amended regulations,...more
6/15/2021
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Department of Education ,
Discrimination ,
Educational Institutions ,
Executive Orders ,
Joe Biden ,
OCR ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Student Athletes ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title IX