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Keep Moving

April 21, 2021

Title IX professionals knew this was coming. We expected to hear that there would be significant changes yet again in the Title IX world…but that doesn’t make it any less overwhelming.

May 6, 2020 feels like just yesterday. We were all furiously combing through 2000-plus pages of the “new” Title

Lessons From LSU

March 26, 2021

Years ago, I wrote a blog on the lessons learned from one University’s high profile external investigation into its handling of sexual assault cases.  Five years later, in the wake of the LSU investigation, these lessons remain relevant.

Early March, Husch Blackwell released its investigation into LSU’s handling of

Retaliation Claims for Participants in Title IX Process?

March 4, 2021

On February 16, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rendered a decision in Du Bois v. Bd. of Regents of Univ. of Minn., holding that the retaliation protections under Title IX do not extend to investigation participants who supported the Respondent during a Title IX

Training Requirements: K-12 Title IX and Athletics – What Does Your School District Need to Know?

February 8, 2021

Often incidents of alleged sexual harassment arise in the athletics environment - be it in the locker room, on a bus to or from a game, or before or after practice, to name a few.  To ensure your school district meets its Title IX obligations and the safety of its student-athletes,

New Title IX Religious Exemption Regulations

November 24, 2020

The Department of Education issued a new rule, effective November 23, 2020, that “codifies how an educational institution may demonstrate that it is controlled by a religious organization for purposes of Title IX, 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a)(3).” This new rule will be codified in the Federal Regulations at 34 C.F.R. §