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Settlement to End Collegiate Amateurism on Brink of Approval: What You Need to Know About Latest House v. NCAA Court Hearing

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On the final day of “March Madness,” the NCAA’s attention shifted from basketball courts to the courtroom, where a federal judge signaled a high likelihood that she would sign off on a settlement agreement that would end...more

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American Alliance for Equal Rights Files Complaints with the IRS Seeking Investigations into Tax-Exempt Foundations Based on...

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On April 1, 2025, the American Alliance for Equal Rights (“AAER”) filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) alleging three tax-exempt private foundations—the Gates Foundation, the Lagrant Foundation and the...more

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Nonprofit’s Diversity Scholarship Program Challenged in Federal Court

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On March 5, Do No Harm filed a lawsuit against the American Chemical Society (ACS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, challenging a scholarship program for undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups in...more

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Will My School Face Investigation? Feds Announce Race-Based Investigations Into 52 Higher Education Institutions

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A federal civil rights agency just announced that it will be investigating more than 50 higher ed institutions to determine whether they violated federal law by making race-based decisions in their graduate and scholarship...more

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Department of Education Opines That Any Separation Based on Race Is Illegal, Including Dorms, Graduations and Scholarships

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As McGuireWoods shared on Jan. 22, 2025, the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order (EO) takes aim at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at institutions of higher...more

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Tennessee Lawmakers Narrowly Pass School Voucher Program Bill: 5 Key Takeaways About the Education Freedom Act

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Tennessee families will soon be able to use taxpayer dollars to cover the cost of private school tuition under the recently passed Education Freedom Act (EFA). Tennessee lawmakers passed a hotly debated $447 million statewide...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 12 - February 2025

As the sun appeared on the horizon on Wednesday, so too did the House’s version of the Amended FY 2025 State Budget. Synchronized perfectly with sunrise over Atlanta at 7:30 a.m., the House Appropriations subcommittees...more

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Tennessee General Assembly Special Session: Overview of Education Freedom Scholarships, Disaster Relief, Transportation, and...

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Governor Bill Lee announced on January 15th that he would call the 114th General Assembly into a special session to address his proposed Education Freedom Act, disaster relief legislative package relevant to Hurricane Helene,...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Another Attack on Diversity and Inclusivity Efforts Post Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) Supreme Court Decision

The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) filed suit against McDonald’s in federal court over the corporation’s scholarship program for high school students of Hispanic and Latino descent, the Hispanic American Commitment...more

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NCAA Eliminates National Letter of Intent Program

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The NCAA adopted legislation that eliminated the 60-year-old National Letter of Intent (NLI) program. The resulting changes to financial aid, eligibility, recruiting, amateurism, and playing and practice season rules are...more

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Legislative appropriations that are deceptively marketed as trusts: The sagas of the Federal Social Security Trust Fund and South...

Many of my JDSUPRA postings, a full catalog of which may be found below, are about the doctrinal incoherence that is being inflicted on the institution of the trust by legislative intrusions into equity doctrine, intrusions...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Care Insights, Issue 9, October 2024

Welcome to The Academic Advisor - our e-newsletter focused on education law insights. With Fall Break behind us and the race to end-of-term underway, we highlight the following topics of import for schools,...more

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School DEI Programs Feel the Impact as Courts Continue to Define Boundaries: 3 Key Takeaways from a Recent Ruling

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We’re starting to see courts define the boundaries of permissible DEI programs in the aftermath of last year’s SCOTUS decision limiting “race conscious” programs such as affirmative action in college admissions. For example,...more

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House v. NCAA: Top Five Takeaways

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In July 2024, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and major athletic conferences reached an agreement with plaintiffs in connection with House v. NCAA that portends significant changes for college athletics....more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - August 2024 #2

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The Eleventh Circuit on Monday refused to reopen a former football coach’s lawsuit accusing a Georgia school district of unlawfully refusing to renew his contract because he’s white, backing a lower court’s determination that...more

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Arkansas Environmental Federation: Organization Notes Almost 50 Years of Promoting Environmental Education

The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) is once again sponsoring two scholarships related to environmental education. AEF has been sponsoring environmental education through its public education aid programs since...more

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What the proposed House settlement means for NCAA Division I institutions

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On May 23, 2024, the NCAA and the five autonomy conferences — known colloquially as the “Power Five” — agreed to terms for a $2.78 billion settlement to resolve three lawsuits in federal court: House v. NCAA, Hubbard v. NCAA...more

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Will the Spirit of Title IX Survive State Legislation Allowing Institutions to Directly Pay Their Athletes?

There is no doubt that name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) deals have been groundbreaking for both men’s and women’s college athletes. It’s the hot topic among everyone in the college sports world — and for good reason. The...more

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2024 NCAA Compliance Report: College Athletics in Transition

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In last year’s report, we discussed House v. National Collegiate Athletic Association—the third case in a trilogy filed by current and former student-athletes who claim the NCAA, as well as the Power 5 conferences, violated...more

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Courtside Counsel

Welcome to our newsletter with the latest legal news in sports from the Courtside Counsel. Our team of attorneys is actively monitoring the news for need-to-know legal developments and issues involving the sports industry....more

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Legacy Matters (Spring 2024)

Welcome to the spring edition of Legacy Matters, Nutter’s private wealth and nonprofit newsletter focusing on estate planning and philanthropy topics. In this issue, we analyze charitable deductions and required recordkeeping...more

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Are You Being “Taken” Out at the Ball Game?

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If you happened to be out and about this weekend chances are good that you drove past neighborhood athletic fields which are starting to fill with student athletes and their middle aged coaches. In one sense, this is part of...more

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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 35 - March 2024

Thursday may be the new Friday of the legislative work week, but lawmakers weren’t content to knock off early and ease into St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Instead, both chambers took up high-profile, controversial legislation...more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 2

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Having introduced the cast and set the scene in part 1 of this 3-part series, we turn now to the details. But before doing so, let’s get one thing out of the way – you likely won’t have unionized players on campus...more

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NLRB Rules That Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees

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On February 5, the regional director for Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) ruled that the student-athletes on Dartmouth College’s men’s basketball team are “employees” under the National Labor...more

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