After giving educational institutions two weeks to comply with the Department of Education’s Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), on February 28, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued Frequently Asked Questions About Racial...more
In the latest slew of executive orders affecting educational institutions, on February 5, 2025, President Trump signed an order titled, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” This order states, “it is the policy of the United...more
In the two weeks since President Trump took office, he has issued numerous orders, many of which affect educational institutions. The following summarizes the most recent executive orders and directives affecting our...more
President Trump issued an executive order on January 21, 2025 that, among other things, revokes Executive Order 11246, ending the long-standing practice of requiring federal government contractors to take and report on...more
On January 9, 2025, the Biden administration’s Title IX Final Rule was struck down by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, which declared the regulations unconstitutional for all schools nationwide....more
Over the last two years, starting even before the Supreme Court’s decision regarding affirmative action in June 2023, there has been a noticeable uptick in bills introduced in state legislatures restricting inclusion, equity,...more
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On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education issued its updated final regulations enforcing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”), 20 U.S.C. §1681 et seq., which will govern sex discrimination...more
4/23/2024
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The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a significant change in its interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with respect to interns. The FLSA, of course, regulates an employer’s duty to pay minimum wage...more
1/23/2018
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On July 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued two eagerly awaited decisions that may dampen the recent wave of collective and class actions filed by unpaid interns claiming they should be paid...more
On October 2, 2013, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) that requires employers with four or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy,...more