Discrimination, Educational Institutions

On Securing a Preliminary Injunction in a Pro Bono Case Protecting Student Civil Rights – Q&A with Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes

Law Matters on 6/26/2025

Q&A with Reid Skibell and Jon Friedman, partners at Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, after the firm obtained a preliminary injunction in a pro bono lawsuit brought on behalf of Victim Rights Law Center and two students and their...more

DOJ Civil Division Refocuses Affirmative Enforcement Priorities

Polsinelli on 6/26/2025

Key Takeaways from DOJ’s 2025 Civil Division Mandate - Expanded Use of the False Claims Act (FCA) - The government is broadening its application of the FCA beyond traditional garden-variety fraud....more

Justice Department’s “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” Increases False Claims Act Risks Related to Alleged Discrimination

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/12/2025

On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum announcing the creation of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Initiative), which directs DOJ attorneys to utilize the...more

Institutions of Higher Education Face Increased Exposure to False Claims Act Violations

Williams Mullen on 6/11/2025

On May 19, 2025, the Department of Justice announced the establishment of a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, created to enforce the False Claims Act (FCA) “against those who defraud the United States by taking its money while...more

Better Late Than Never? Not in the 5th Circuit: Delayed Action on Accommodation May Be ADA Violation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/28/2025

Earlier this month, in Strife v. Aldine Independent School District, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employer’s delayed accommodation of an employee’s disability could amount to a failure to accommodate under...more

DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Targets Allegedly Discriminatory Practices by Educational Institutions

Alston & Bird on 5/23/2025

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative treats federally funded colleges’ and universities’ DEI programs and other allegedly discriminatory practices as False Claims Act violations. Our Education Team breaks...more

DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: FCA Enforcement Expanding Into Alleged Discrimination

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/23/2025

On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative that will leverage the federal False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate and litigate against universities, contractors, health...more

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Fraud Initiative by Leveraging the False Claims Act: What Federal Fund Recipients Should Know

White & Case LLP on 5/23/2025

On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the Department of Justice’s launch of a sweeping Civil Rights Fraud Initiative designed to hold federal contractors, grant recipients, and other federally funded...more

DOJ Formalizes Plan to Use False Claims Act to Enforce “Civil Rights Fraud”

Foley Hoag LLP on 5/21/2025

Key Takeaways: - The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of a new initiative focused on using the False Claims Act (“FCA”) to pursue “Civil Rights Fraud.” - DOJ warned FCA claims could arise when a...more

Achieving DEI Compliance…On Your Website

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/9/2025

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts, and the term itself, have become increasingly scrutinized and subjected to legal challenges by both government and private actors, making an understanding of the current DEI...more

Federal courts block Title VI certification requirement

Clark Hill PLC on 4/28/2025

On April 24, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) efforts to enforce its interpretation of Title VI and its associated certification requirement. The...more

Why Title VI Training is Necessary Now

TNG Consulting on 3/18/2025

An ATIXA Testimonial by Alexis Piñero-Benson, University of New Hampshire Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack in Israel and the ongoing geopolitical conflict, many colleges and universities witnessed a surge of...more

1P2P: The Case for Process B

TNG Consulting on 3/12/2025

ATIXA created the One Policy, Two Procedures (1P2P) Model Policy and Procedures to innovate a more comprehensive approach for Title IX and civil rights compliance for schools and colleges. ATIXA regularly updates its models...more

Iowa 2025 Legislative Session – Week 7

Dentons on 3/3/2025

Last week, Iowa Republicans fast-tracked legislation related to civil rights and gender identity in Iowa, and hundreds of protesters convened at the Capitol each day. New bills continued to be introduced ahead of the first...more

Client Alert: Title IX, “Gender Ideology,” and Recent Enforcement Activity: What Higher Education Institutions Need to Know

Jenner & Block on 2/27/2025

Recent executive orders, federal guidance, and enforcement activity have made clear that the Trump Administration plans to interpret and apply Title IX in new and different ways. This includes an understanding of sex as an...more

New Visa Restrictions Target Transgender Athletes, Raising Title IX and Compliance Concerns for Colleges

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/27/2025

On February 24, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department to deny visas to transgender athletes if their sex marker does not align with their sex assigned at birth. His directive, 25 STATE 15576,...more

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences Memo

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/11/2025

On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi disseminated an internal memo within the Department of Justice (DOJ). The memo, Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences, explained that the DOJ’s Civil Rights...more

Trump Administration Set to Ban Transgender Girls and Women from Women’s Sports

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/6/2025

On February 5, 2025, on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, President Trump is expected to sign an Executive Order called, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” It is anticipated that there will be a signing ceremony with...more

A Practitioner-Focused Framework for Civil Rights Compliance

TNG Consulting on 2/4/2025

On January 14, 2025, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a resolution agreement with the University of Washington following a Title VI complaint of alleged discrimination and harassment based...more

What President Trump's Order on 'Ending Radical Indoctrination' Means for K-12 Schools

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/4/2025

On January 29, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling," aimed at dismantling the "radical, anti-American…echo chamber[s]" he contends public schools have...more

Office For Civil Rights Vindicates Our Client; Finds Private University Violated His Title Ix Right To A Fair And Unbiased...

Clark Hill PLC on 1/29/2025

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published a Letter and Resolution Agreement vindicating a male student we represented in a complaint against Notre Dame. As set forth in the published...more

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