A brief update to last week's post about the choice confronting Stacy Johnson-Klein in the wake of a judge's ruling on Fresno State's post-trial motions: accept a revised damages award of $6.6 million in place of the $19.1 million the jury awarded her in December, or roll the dice with a new jury.
We thought she would take the $6.6, and she did.
Fresno State could still appeal the judge's ruling. But SJK is looking forward to getting on with her life, telling the Bee that she plans to write a book about her life and become a national advocate for stronger gender-equity laws.
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The more I learn about the ins and outs of Title IX (and Title VI) investigations, the more pessimistic I become about the ability of these...
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Three former employees of Feather River College (Quincy, California) pressed their Title IX retaliation claims at a two-week hearing before...
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In the wake of the Quinnipiac case, in which it seemed that the university somewhat spitefully cut men's track and field when it was tol...
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The NCAA has come out with a very clear position on sexual relationships between coaches and student-athletes. They are wrong. They are a ...