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Law Matters

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

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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

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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

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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

TNG Consulting

Why Title VI Training is Necessary Now 

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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

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1P2P: The Case for Process B

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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

Jenner & Block

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

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

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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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

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

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

TNG Consulting

A Practitioner-Focused Framework for Civil Rights Compliance 

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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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

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

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

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

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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

Husch Blackwell LLP

Federal District Court Vacates 2024 Title IX Regs

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On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX regulations. The vacatur applies nationwide, meaning the 2020 Title IX final rule and Title IX...more

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State of Tennessee v. Cardona: Implications of the Vacatur of the 2024 Title IX Regulations

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On April 19, 2024, the Department of Education released its final Title IX regulations regarding sexual discrimination in federally-funded education (the “2024 Title IX Rules”)....more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Federal Court Vacates 2024 Title IX Regulations: What Does This Mean for California Charter Schools?

On January 9, 2025, a federal court in Kentucky vacated the 2024 Title IX regulations that had been adopted by the U.S. Department of Education and which have been in effect since August 1, 2024. (Tennessee v. Cardona (E.D....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Federal Court Strikes Down 2024 Title IX Regulations, So Back to 2020 We Go

A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday ruled the 2024 Title IX regulations were “arbitrary and capricious” and in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Unlike other courts that had issued injunctions...more

TNG Consulting

Embracing the In-House Culture Assessment 

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Consequent to increasing sectarian tensions on campus, ATIXA members tell us they are seeing a rise in anonymous racist, homophobic, transphobic, Islamophobic, pro/anti-Israel messages, and other discriminatory comments...more

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Employees in the 11th Circuit Do Not Have a Private Right of Action Under Title IX for Employment Discrimination

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On November 7, 2024, in a consolidated opinion addressing appeals in Joseph v. Board of Regents and Crowther v. Board of Regents, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that Title IX of the Education...more

TNG Consulting

Implementation Day Arrived, For Some. What’s Next?

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On the morning of August 1, 2024, Title IX experts from TNG Consulting and ATIXA participated in a webinar hosted by the Department of Education (ED) regarding the 2024 Title IX Rule. During the session, U.S. Secretary of...more

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Legal Challenges to the 2024 Title IX Regulations – What’s Next for Illinois Schools?

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Schools throughout the country are preparing to implement the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ (“OCR”) long-awaited final 2024 Title IX regulations. These new regulations, which replace the 2020...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Ready, Set, Wait: Eleventh Circuit Grants Last-Minute Title IX Injunction in Southeastern States

Less than 24 hours before classroom bells were set to ring in schools across the southeastern United States, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order administratively blocking the implementation of the 2024 Title...more

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New Title IX Regulations Halted in Additional States and at Hundreds of Institutions as Department of Education Continues to...

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With the August 1, 2024, effective date of the Department of Education’s April Title IX regulations (Final Rule) just weeks away, court action in pending lawsuits challenging the Final Rule across the country continues. The...more

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Title IX Regulations Enjoined in Six More States

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On June 17, Chief Judge Danny Reeves of the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a preliminary injunction staying the effective date, and enjoining enforcement, of the new Title IX regulations in the states of Indiana,...more

TNG Consulting

Update for ATIXA Community on Recent Title IX Regulations Injunctions (Revised 7/16/24)

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Last week and early this week, two federal judges granted injunctions to halt enforcement of the 2024 Title IX Final Rule (“2024 Regs”), in its entirety. An injunction is a court order requiring an individual or entity to...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Pressing Pause: Explanations and Next Steps for Title IX Administrators Following Preliminary Injunctions

In the past week, two U.S. District Court judges have issued preliminary injunctions halting implementation of the recently-released 2024 Title IX final rule....more

Brooks Pierce

U.S. Department of Education Unveils a New Landscape for Addressing Sex Discrimination in Schools

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On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education released its final changes to the Title IX regulations. The new rules will go into effect on August 1, 2024. “Title IX” refers to Title IX of the Education Amendments of...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Discrimination in Education: Do You Have a Title IX claim, a Title VII claim, or Can You Bring Both?

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) both act to prevent discrimination. While Title VII governs employment relationships; Title IX applies in...more

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