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[Webinar] What Civil Rights Administrators Need to Know Right Now About the False Claims Act Risk - July 24th, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm...

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Your college has a strong commitment to DEI work, but you’re concerned about the Trump Administration’s Executive Order banning DEI. You’re not sure how seriously to take it, or what the early court rulings against the order...more

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Anti-DEI Enforcement Takes Shape: DOJ and States Apply New Vision of Civil Rights

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At the beginning of the second Trump administration, the President and Attorney General Pam Bondi indicated they would use the levers of government to end DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies and programs. The...more

Fisher Phillips

New Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Puts More Pressure on Higher Ed and K-12 Schools Receiving Federal Funding: What to Do in...

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Federal officials on Monday launched a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative aimed at schools receiving federal funding, the next step in the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement posture against transgender rights, DEI,...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Termination of Student Visa Registrations Reversed

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On April 25, 2025, the Department of Justice announced in federal court that many students studying in the United States on F-1 visas whose status was recently changed to “Terminated” for “criminal records” reasons will have...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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Trump Administration Launches Title IX Investigations Team to Accelerate Enforcement

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The Trump administration has announced the creation of a Title IX Special Investigations Team (SIT) to respond to a surge in Title IX complaints and carry out enforcement of several of President Trump’s executive orders. ...more

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Crackdown on Antisemitism in Education is Not Just Limited to Students

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Real World Impact: In light of recent government actions directed at ensuring educational institutions protect their faculty and staff, as well as students, from antisemitism, such employers should ensure they are familiar...more

Fisher Phillips

So You’re Concerned About Losing Federal Funding: 3 Things Schools Should Do Right Now

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Many K-12 and institutes of higher education are concerned about the potential threat to their federal funding given recent changes to the way the government is interpreting existing federal law to achieve certain policy...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Lawmakers Urge DOJ to Investigate Foreign Influence on U.S. College Campuses

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On July 9, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI expressing concerns over U.S. college campus organizations with alleged ties to Hamas that may be avoiding registration under...more

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[Virtual Event] Higher Education Compliance Conference - October 24th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Stay up to date on compliance developments in the higher education space - Whether you missed this year’s in-person Higher Education & Healthcare Research Compliance Conference or are looking for additional insights from...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

DOJ Fills in the Blank Spaces and Joins Several State AGs in Lawsuit Against the NCAA

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On January 18, the Department of Justice (DOJ) joined the multistate attorneys general (AG) lawsuit Ohio, et al. v. NCAA, challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Transfer Eligibility Rule. DOJ joins...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Lawmakers Urge DOJ to Address Foreign Influence on College Campuses

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Last week, a group of Republican Senators sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland expressing concern over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its influence among student groups at American universities....more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 6, 2022

Welcome to our 6th edition of The Academic Advisor - our e-newsletter focused on education law insights. In this issue, we look at a variety of topics, including a recent federal court challenge to employment options for F-1...more

K&L Gates LLP

DOJ Makes Early-Decision to Take Elite Colleges and Universities to School

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is currently investigating to what extent colleges and universities communicate with each other about prospective students that apply through the early decision process. While it is still...more

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Your School Could Be One Click Away From A Lawsuit

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The education industry continues to be at the forefront when it comes to using emerging technology and digital marketing. For most schools, their website functions as the new reception area (albeit virtual), where both...more

Dickinson Wright

Obama-Era Guidance on Transgender Student Rights Reversed by Departments of Education and Justice

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On February 22, 2017, President Donald Trump’s administration issued a two-page "Dear Colleague" letter that formally rescinded the Obama administration’s interpretation of transgender student rights as an extension of Title...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Trump Administration Withdraws Prior Department of Education Interpretations Regarding Title IX Protections Afforded to...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education jointly issued a “Dear Colleague” letter yesterday withdrawing and rescinding the Obama Administration’s prior guidance letters which instructed schools that...more

Ruder Ware

Trump Administration Withdraws Transgender Guidance

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On February 22, 2017, one day before briefs were submitted to the Supreme Court in a case involving a transgender student in Pennsylvania, the Trump Administration, through the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Transgender Student Issues – The FEDs Speak, But Is It Really News In Connecticut?

On May 13, 2016, with much fanfare, the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Education jointly issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” [“DCL”] in order to provide guidance for school districts with...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: DOJ Puts Pressure on Schools and Ed Techs to Provide Accessible Educational Technology

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In our last alert on the growing interaction between ed tech and disability law, we noted that the Department of Justice ("DOJ") appears to be moving to extend the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") to...more

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Education Law Update: The United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Education Publishes “Blueprint”...

On May 9, 2013, the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section (“DOJ”) and the United States Department of Education, through its Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), issued a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

University Agrees To Modify Dining Services To Accommodate Food Allergies under the ADA

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement with Lesley University of Cambridge, Massachusetts, under which Lesley agreed to modify its food services and meal plan system to accommodate students with celiac...more

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