The former women’s basketball coach at Texas Southern University has voluntarily dismissed her federal lawsuit against the school, opting instead last month to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Todd Slobin, a Partner at Shellist...
The former women’s basketball coach at Texas Southern University has voluntarily dismissed her federal lawsuit against the school, opting instead last month to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Todd Slobin, a Partner at Shellist...
Former SMU women’s basketball player Jennifer Colli is suing SMU and her former coach in federal court, accusing the defendants of breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, promissory estoppel, and fraud associated with the loss of her...
The former women’s basketball head coach and the director of basketball operations at San Diego Mesa College have collectively sued the college after they were fired when the local newspaper indirectly revealed that they were a lesbian couple. Lorri Sulpizio...
A week’s worth of investigations already reveals many sides to Grant’s allegations By Lyssa Myska Allen News of former NASCAR official Mauricia Grant’s $225 million dollar lawsuit against NASCAR for alleged racial and sexual discrimination broke on June...
There are now two plaintiffs charging that Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) retaliated against them when they spoke up about alleged gender inequities within the university’s athletic program. Holly Vaughn, the former women’s golf coach at FGCU,...
By Mary Yarrison Florida Gulf Coast University’s women’s volleyball program has begun to search for a new head coach, after the official termination of 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference coach of the year, Jaye Flood, took effect March 14. Flood’s termination...
The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has agreed to permit Heather Bauduin, a 16-year-old Wabash, Indiana high school junior, to try out for her school’s previously all-male baseball team, both this season and next. Bauduin was originally...
The 7th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated part of a district court’s decision to grant summary judgment to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on a discrimination claim brought by a former coach. The plaintiff’s gender...
The former women’s basketball coach at Montana State University can proceed with her Title IX claim against her former employer after a judge held that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 should be construed broadly and that the plaintiff has met the required...
The president of the University of Nevada, Reno has instituted a campus ban on the school’s former women’s soccer coach, who sued last August, alleging that she was fired after reporting several injustices within the athletic department. Terri Patraw claimed in...
The 11th U. S, Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s holding that an African-American male assistant coach of the women’s basketball team did not establish claims for either retaliation or disparate treatment under Title VII. Jonathan...
