On Thursday, January 9, 2025 a federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s Title IX rule nationwide, declaring that the regulations violated the U.S. Constitution. The rule, released last April, offered protections for the first time for LGBTQI+ students and employees at federally funded schools and colleges by prohibiting discrimination…
In light of an expected mass deportation of undocumented immigrants by the incoming administration, many school districts are examining their policies and protocols. School districts are also stepping up efforts to help ensure that staff and the public are aware of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s policy designating schools…
During oral arguments for Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC on December 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided over tobacco industry claims that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unlawfully rejected millions of flavored e-cigarettes for approved sale due to concerns about nicotine addiction…
On December 9, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear two closely watched K-12 cases, one regarding a Wisconsin school district’s “gender identity support plan” policy and another on temporary admissions policies meant to diversify student bodies at three competitive Boston schools. In Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau…
On Monday, December 2, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) heard oral arguments on whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had unlawfully rejected millions of flavored e-cigarettes for approved sale in U.S. over concerns about nicotine addiction among young people. Federal law requires sellers of new nicotine products to…
On August 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) rejected a request by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to allow enforcement of uncontested parts of the Title IX new Title IX final rule in some states where injunctions are in place. The DOJ asked the Court last month to determine whether…
On July 2, 2024, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s final Title IX rule from going into effect in Alaska, Kansas, Utah, and Wyoming raising o 14 the number of states where the controversial rule is now on hold by judicial order. In light of additional legislative challenges…
On April 25, 2024, seventeen states filed suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas requesting a stay and preliminary injunction of the agency’s recently promulgated final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act alleging that its abortion accommodation…
On February 20, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear TJ v. Fairfax County School Board. The case challenged admissions policies at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. In May 2023, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the school board. Plaintiffs in…
A Title IX lawsuit will be heard later this year by the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears appeals from the nine federal district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and from federal administrative agencies. The plaintiffs claim that North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools…
