A federal judge has granted a motion for a temporary restraining order that will prevent the University of Connecticut from shuttering its women’s rowing program until a hearing on a preliminary injunction is held on August 2. The impetus for the legal controversy was...
By Brian Nuedling, of Jackson Lewis A Title IX lawsuit alleging a pattern and practice of sexual harassment on a university campus resulted in a split decision when the defendant school sought to narrow the litigation through a motion to dismiss. In Posso v. Niagara...
By St. John’s University Professor Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM A federal district court in Connecticut has dismissed the case of Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools,[1] acontroversial lawsuit brought on behalf of four female high school track and field...
Biden Administration Signals Multiple Waves of Title IX Regulatory Changes By Joshua Whitlock, of Jackson Lewis On April 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that it will take the following steps regarding the...
By St. John’s University Professor Robert J. Romano Whether it was the weight room consisting of a single stack of dumbbells and some yoga matts, the barely edible pre-packaged meals, or being allocated the less reliable Covid-19 antigen test, there is no question...
Clemson University, the first school in the country faced with class actions by both its male and female student-athletes alleging Title IX violations, has agreed to a settlement. As part of the deal, Clemson will reinstate its men’s track & field and cross...
By Doriyon Glass, of Jackson Lewis (Editor’s Note: The following appears in Title IX Alert, a sister periodical of Hackney Publications. More content related to Title IX can be viewed there.) The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida,...
By Brian Nuedling, of Jackson Lewis (Editor’s Note: The following appears in Title IX Alert, a sister periodical of Hackney Publications. More content related to Title IX can be viewed there.) At its most basic level, Title IX is about fairness. The principle that...
By Professor Paul Anderson, Director, Sports Law Program and National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School On July 8, 2020, Stanford University announced that it would discontinue 11 varsity sports programs at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year:...
By Lauren McCoy, J.D., Assistant Professor and Program Director, Sport and Fitness Administration, Winthrop University In February 2021, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York in Posso v. Niagara University[1] adopted a Magistrate...
By Erica J. Zonder Jackson State University’s Head Women’s Basketball coach, Denise Taylor-Travis, was terminated “for cause” in May 2011. She subsequently sued the university for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith, invasion of...
By Mari Bryn Dowdy and Mailise Marks, of Segal McCambridge Singer Mahoney, Ltd. “Let’s not forget the fight off the field. It’s time we pay our USWNT equally.”– Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on Twitter, June 11, 2019 “To @USWNT: don’t give up this fight. This is...
