As sexual abuse cases continue to be filed against colleges and universities nationwide, some schools have finally begun to enact policy changes surrounding Title IX and sexual misconduct. Elon University has updated its student handbook to reflect the new Title IX policies enacted in August...

Louisiana state lawmakers have expressed concerns over Louisiana State University’s (“LSU”) Title IX office, including concerns over staffing and glitches in the LSU website for reporting cases of sexual assault and violence, which is also supposed to provide online resources meant to help...

Hundreds of Virginia Tech students gathered on campus last month to protest the university’s Title IX policies and practices. The protest was organized by a student activist group called United Feminist Movement, who argued that the university’s response to complaints of sexual assault and...

In a landmark settlement with San Jose State University (SJSU), the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California recently announced a $1.6 million agreement to resolve years of Title IX violations at the school. The...

A former Boston Ballet principal dancer and her husband are accused of rape in a sexual abuse lawsuit filed in Nevada federal court. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs, who join five other Boston Ballet dancers with similar allegations, experienced numerous instances of sexual...

An Indiana priest has been accused of sexually abusing two people, including a minor. The priest served as pastor at the St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church, as well as chaplain at Bishop Dwenger High School. Since the allegations surfaced in mid-September 2021, he has resigned from both...

Dirty Linen: How Women Sued the Reader's Digest and Changed History, by Elaine Auerbach Dirty Linen is an everywoman manifesto and a gentle tutorial on fundamental civil rights activism by the working mom next door. Set in Westchester County, New York in the 1970’s, Reader’s Digest was, at...

The Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) has been around for decades, but one of the consequences of the #MeToo movement has been a widespread recognition that allowing employers to force survivors of sexual assault and harassment into arbitration is a real problem. Not only do arbitration...

In 2019, California Governor Newsom signed bill AB-51 into law. The new law effectively allowed employees to bring employment-related claims to court instead of mandated arbitration. One year later, when certain business groups attempted to challenge the law, U.S. District Judge Kimberly J....

In 2016, the CDC reported that while attending college, about 10% of undergraduate women and 3% of men experience some kind of sexual assault. Students at Northwest Missouri State University are taking steps to fight back against sexual assault occurring on campus. It’s On Us is a student-led...

Following mediation, sexual assault claims against Allegheny College were settled last month in a Pennsylvania court. The lawsuit was filed by a female former Allegheny football player who alleged Title IX violations, as well as negligence and emotional, physical, and mental distress, after...

A total of 24 individuals have joined a Title IX lawsuit against Eastern Michigan University, alleging Title IX violations related to several sexual assaults at the school. The newest plaintiffs filing in the September 2021 case include four women and one man. Plaintiffs allege that the...