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SCOTUS to Determine Whether States Can Ban Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports – What Your School Needs to Know

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The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can ban transgender high school and college athletes from participating on female sports teams at their schools. After initially declining to review this issue in 2023 and...more

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DOJ Civil Division Refocuses Affirmative Enforcement Priorities

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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

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DOJ Civil Division Announces Five Enforcement Priorities

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On June 11, 2025, in a memorandum entitled Civil Division Enforcement Priorities (the “Memo”), the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division outlined its five priority areas for investigations and enforcement actions: (1)...more

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DOJ’s Civil Division Targets DEI Programs, Gender-Related Health Care and Immigration

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Following leadership changes at the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Division, Brett Shumate, recently confirmed as the assistant attorney general, issued a memorandum directing DOJ attorneys to “use [their] enforcement...more

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Should Schools and Colleges Remove Gender Identity Protections from Policy?

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Like many firms with a leadership think tank, our consultants collaborate to inform how we advise our clients and ATIXA’s members. Recently, we discussed the Trump Administration’s Executive Order (EO) that limits its...more

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Minnesota Sues President Trump to Prevent Enforcement of Executive Orders that Seek to Restrict Rights of Transgender People

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On April 22, 2025, the state of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against President Trump, asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to declare two Executive Orders issued by President Trump unlawful and to enjoin...more

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Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming Enact Laws Defining Male and Female

Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming recently passed laws aligning with recent executive orders issued by President Donald Trump defining sex as binary and immutable....more

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Federal Officials Launch Title IX Special Investigations Team – The 5 Things Higher Education Institutions Need to Do

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The federal government just took a dramatic step to reshape Title IX enforcement – one that should prompt immediate action from all colleges and universities. On April 4, the U.S. Department of Education and Department of...more

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Institutions’ Title IX Compliance Under the Microscope: DOJ, ED Form Special Investigations Team to Enforce Gender Ideology EOs

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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

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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

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U.S. Department of Education Opens Title IX Investigations Into the Minnesota State High School League and the California...

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As we shared in a previous alert, in early February, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which restricts transgender women and girls from participating in women’s athletic...more

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U.S. Department of Education Confirms It Will Enforce 2020 Title IX Rule and Regulations Following District Court Ruling and...

On January 9, 2025, a federal district court vacated a set of Title IX regulations and—at least for now—resolved the question of whether Title IX protects students from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and...more

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A Game Changer: Unboxing School Sports EO on Transgender Female Athletes

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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

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How NCAA Changes to Transgender Policy Following President Trump’s Executive Order Impact Schools

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On Feb. 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed executive order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which prohibits transgender women from participating in female athletic categories at federally funded educational...more

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U.S. Department of Education to Enforce 2020 Title IX Regulations

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The U.S. Department of Education (Department) recently issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” stating that the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will enforce the 2020 Title IX Regulations governing K-12 schools’ and...more

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Recent Executive Orders and Dear Colleague Letter Affecting Educational Institutions

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In the two weeks since President Trump took office, he has issued numerous orders, many of which affect educational institutions. The following summarizes the most recent executive orders and directives affecting our...more

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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

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Back to the Future: What a Recent Vacatur, Executive Order, and Dear Colleague Letter Mean for Title IX Compliance

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Within the last month, three developments have rocked the Title IX world: the Eastern District of Kentucky’s decision in State of Tennessee v. Cardona, President Trump’s Executive Order restricting the federal definition of...more

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New Executive Order Aims to End “Radical Indoctrination” in K-12 Schools

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In his first two weeks in office, President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders affecting educational institutions. One order, signed Jan. 29, 2025, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” targets...more

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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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U.S. Department of Education Confirms That It Will Enforce 2020 Title IX Rule

On January 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) announcing that it would enforce Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 under the provisions...more

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Week in Review: Whiplash Over Federal Funding, Changes in Agency Leadership, New EEOC Priorities, and New K-12 Executive Order

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It is no secret that whenever there is a change in the Oval Office it is common for the incoming administration to implement quick and widespread changes to effectuate campaign promises. Indeed, in modern times, newly elected...more

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President Biden Signs Executive Order Potentially Expanding Scope of Title IX Protections

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On March 8, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order indicating it is the policy of the Biden administration “that all students should be guaranteed an educational environment free of from discrimination on the basis...more

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Title IX Regulations: Biden Administration Signals Changes Ahead

On March 8, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the “Executive Order on Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity,” making clear his...more

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Biden Executive Order Confirms Change Is Coming For Title IX

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On his first day in office, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation that foreshadowed Title IX’s protections against...more

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