An interdisciplinary resource for news, legal developments, commentary, and scholarship about Title IX, the federal statute prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded schools.
Friday, December 10, 2010
JMU case not quite stagnant
Equity in Athletics presented its case to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this week. EIA is attempting to overturn the decision (made in 2006 and carried out in 2007) by James Madison University to cut 10 intercollegiate sports. EIA is trying to get its lawsuit against JMU restored. EIA's attempt to force JMU to reinstate the teams has already failed at the district and appellate court level and the US Supreme Court refused to hear the case. JMU's lawyer is confident that the case, according to one writer, "will remain stagnant."
Department of Energy is making Title IX rules?
In one of the more curious things I have seen in regard to Title IX rule-making, the Department of Energy is attempting to issue a change t...
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In one of the more curious things I have seen in regard to Title IX rule-making, the Department of Energy is attempting to issue a change t...
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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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...and a sort of validation of my earlier prediction. Last week's multi-billion settlement (still in need of final approval by the judg...