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Hiring an External Title IX Investigator

TNG Consulting on 6/16/2025

Published on: June 16, 2025 An ATIXA Tip of the Week by Joseph Vincent, M.L.S. Hiring an external investigator to conduct a Title IX investigation can be expensive, and it’s not always necessary. Many institutions have...more

Has #MeToo Created a New Claim of Male-Bias Discrimination?

Littler on 10/22/2019

Often—and without much thinking—when an employer faces a claim of sexual harassment, the knee-jerk response is to discipline or terminate the man accused. It is the easiest way to go, especially if the alleged harasser is a...more

Web Exclusive - May 2018: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 6/14/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Medical Residents and Title IX - What Teaching Hospitals Need to Know

Baker Donelson on 5/23/2017

Last month, Baker Donelson reported the surprise ruling out of the Third Circuit in Jane Doe v. Mercy Medical Center in which the court held that the discrimination and harassment prohibitions of Title IX apply to a private...more

Third Circuit Endorses Title IX and Title VII Claims of Medical Resident

Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/22/2017

Should a medical resident alleging sexual harassment and retaliation be treated as: (i) an employee who can seek relief under Title VII; (ii) a student who can seek relief under Title IX; or (iii) both? And if the answer is...more

Professor Terminated For Relationship With Admitted Student Allowed to Move Forward With Title IX Retaliation Claim

Bowditch & Dewey on 1/29/2017

A former non-tenured professor at the University of North Texas has filed suit claiming that he was fired in retaliation for his participation, as the accused, in a campus investigation of a graduate student’s sexual...more

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