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LGBTQ First Amendment Sex Discrimination

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Proselytizing Online, Fired in Real Life: Are Anti-LGBTQ+ Views Protected by Title VII?

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Earlier this month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement, commenced litigation against Rock Snowpark on July 2, 2025, for allegedly retaliating...more

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Second Challenge to Anti-DEIA Executive Orders

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The National Urban League, National Fair Housing Alliance, and AIDS Foundation of Chicago have come together to challenge a series of Executive Orders (EO) issued by President Trump including EO 14151, “Ending Radical and...more

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Legal Update for Special Education Law – Updates from the U.S. Department of Education

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In Tennessee v. Cardona, 2025 WL 63795, a Kentucky federal judge issued an opinion vacating the new Title IX regulations.  In April of 2024, new Title IX regulations expanded the concept of discrimination “on the basis of...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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Title IX Ruling Limits Definition of “Sex” in Education Parity, May Impact Employers

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A recent federal court ruling that struck down expanded Title IX protections has implications that could extend well beyond educational institutions. By rejecting the Biden administration’s Title IX rules that expanded sex...more

Williams Mullen

Title IX Risk and Legal

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Title IX, enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, is a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Its primary...more

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2024 Title IX Final Rule and Regulations Vacated by Federal Judge

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On Thursday, January 9, 2025, Judge John C. Reeves of the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an opinion and order vacating the Final Rule that implemented the 2024 Title IX Regulations. The decision by Judge Reeves has the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Court Vacates 2024 Title IX Regulations Nationwide: What This Means for Covered Institutions

On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (“Court”) vacated the 2024 Title IX Final Rule (“Final Rule”) nationwide in State of Tennessee v. Cardona. The U.S. Department of Education...more

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Biden’s 2024 Title IX Regulations Take a Blow - Federal District Court Rejects Re-Definition of “Sex” Under Title IX

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On January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky issued a decision that blocks the Biden administration’s attempt to change the definition of “sex” in Title IX regulations and enforcement....more

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Federal Court Rules 2024 Title IX Regulations Unconstitutional

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In its decision vacating the United States Department of Education’s 2024 Title IX Regulations on January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky found that the Department of Education exceeded...more

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Federal Court Blocks Sweeping Title IX Rule for Schools Nationwide: How Your School Can Approach the Changes

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A federal court just blocked the sweeping Title IX rule finalized by the Biden administration last year – effectively wiping the entire rule off the books for all schools nationwide. Prior to Thursday’s ruling, schools across...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

2024 Title IX Regulations Are Likely Vacated

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Last year was a turbulent one for Title IX, and although we are just a few days into 2025, this turbulence has persisted into the new year. Yesterday, January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky issued a ruling that...more

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U.S. Department of Education’s 2024 Title IX Final Rule Addressing Sex-Based Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Vacated

On January 9, 2025, in State of Tennessee v. Cardona, Civil Action No. 2:24-cv-072-DCR, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Title IX Final Rule that was issued by the U.S. Department of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

This 'n' That In Labor And Employment Law

Here's what's been going on this week. Some noteworthy labor and employment developments from the past week, in no particular order: Court rules against Christian teacher who wouldn't use kids' names, preferred...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Title IX religious exemption is being challenged by class action lawsuit

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Title IX has long had an exemption for religious institutions, which was put in place to protect religious rights under the First Amendment. That exemption is now coming under fire. In Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education,...more

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Religious Institutions Update: June 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more

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Sixth Circuit Finds EEOC’s Enforcement Of Title VII Does Not Need To “Give Way” To Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In its recent decision in EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., No. 16-2424, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5720 (6th Cir. Mar. 7, 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit has sent the strong...more

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The Sixth Circuit Sides With The EEOC’s Position On Scope Of Title VII Relative To Gender Identity

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In its recent decision in EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., No. 16-2424, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5720 (6th Cir. Mar. 7, 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit has sent the strong...more

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The Ongoing Battle Between LGBTQ+ Rights And Claims Of Religious Liberty

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Justice has reversed the previous Administration’s position on employment protections for transgender individuals, and issued a memorandum that will likely be relied on by private...more

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Minister or Not? Gay Bias Case Turns on Employee’s Role

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal judge has allowed a discrimination lawsuit to proceed against the Archdiocese of Chicago. The plaintiff alleges that his engagement to another man resulted in his termination. The church sought...more

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