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TNG Consulting

[Webinar] Exploring the Role of Defamation Claims and Reputational Harm in Title IX Processes - July 16th, 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm ET

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In May 2025, a jury awarded $2 million to a coach who filed a defamation lawsuit against a student for spreading false rumors of sexual misconduct. This case stands out because successful defamation claims stemming from...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

[Webinar] Investigating Sexual Misconduct in Higher Education: Potential Pitfalls During Title IX Investigations and How to Avoid...

The Department of Education is expected to release new Title IX regulations this fall that may affect the way colleges and universities investigate sexual misconduct allegations. In this webinar, Cohen Seglias attorneys...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Lawsuit Claiming Gender Bias in Title IX Investigation Allowed to Go Forward

• A federal court in Ohio has held that published writings of a university Title IX administrator provide sufficient evidence of bias to permit a civil suit by a penalized student to go forward. • Denial of equitable...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Half-Baked: Phillips Exeter, Sexual Assault, And A Recipe For Disaster

Considered one of the country’s most elite prep schools, Phillips Exeter Academy has recently joined the queue of prestigious private schools who have been accused of having ignored, suppressed, or minimized claims of sexual...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Discipline as Defamation: Title IX, Disciplinary Panels, and The Risks of Righteousness in The Wake of Wells V. Xavier and Harris...

LR-college-campus_med_rgbTwo recent court rulings illustrate some of the perils facing university administrators when handling internal disciplinary complaints against students who have been alleged to have committed...more

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