• Unraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations

    Event Details About this Event UUnion organizing and other labor actions are sweeping campuses across the country. Counsel are intimately tied up in these activities as clients look to them for answers and advice in navigating this complex landscape of higher education labor relations. Join us for a two-hour exploration of ethical challenges on college […]

  • How to Play the Game: Navigating the State Legislative Process

    Event Details About this Event State legislatures have always had significant power over college and university budgets and operations. However, in recent years, legislatures across the country have decreased deference to higher education and ramped up their involvement and interest in daily campus operations. This new reality requires campus counsel to be involved in actively […]

  • The 2024 Title IX Regulations are Here!

    Event Details About this Event On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights published its final Title IX regulations. As anticipated, this Rule reverses several changes made by the Trump Administration, which took effect in 2020, by “provid greater clarity regarding the definition of ‘sex-based harassment;’ the scope of sex […]

  • M&A or Closure? Complex Considerations, Critical Choices

    Event Details About this Event With declining enrollments and an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment, higher education faces an era of institutional consolidations.  Yet, just as institutions need to become more agile, the Department of Education’s recent rulemaking on changes in ownership has added new layers of expense and risk to the already entangled […]

  • The Title IX Evolution: Navigating the Expanded Terrain

    Event Details About this Event On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, released its latest Title IX regulations. As anticipated, the Final Rule makes several significant departures from the 2020 Rule, by expanding Title IX’s scope, including expanding the definition of sex-based discrimination and harassment, and broadening what triggers […]

  • Implementing Workplace Protections for Pregnant or Lactating Personnel

    Event Details About this Event The Pregnant Workers Fairness (PWFA) and Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Acts were signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. PWFA requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee’s known limitations correlated with pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so will cause the […]

  • The DOJ’s Final Rule on Digital Accessibility: Practical Considerations for Public Institutions and Changes on the Horizon for Private Institutions

    Event Details About this Event On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice issued its Final Rule regarding implementation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) across digital platforms, which codifies application of existing nondiscrimination requirements for services, programs, and activities to public postsecondary web-based services and mobile apps. This Rule […]