A webinar replay of The Supreme Court and Higher Education – Impacts of the Court’s Recent Decisions on College Operation is available for viewing.
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Webinar: The Supreme Court and Higher Education – Impacts of the Court’s Recent Decisions on College Operations
By Duane Morris
Duane Morris will present the next entry in its webinar series, Boot Camp for Education Legal Leadership: Higher Education at the Political and Legal Crossroads: Protecting Your Institution’s Mission During a Time of Uncertainty, The Supreme Court and Higher Education – Impacts of the Court’s Recent Decisions on College Operations, to be held on Tuesday, September…
Student-Athlete Settlement Proposal Is Up for Approval in Three Antitrust Cases Against NCAA
By Duane Morris
On July 26, 2024, attorneys for the NCAA, the Power Five conferences and classes of college athletes filed a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement agreement to resolve three antitrust litigations: House v. NCAA, Hubbard v. NCAA and Carter v. NCAA.
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Are these new rules the canary in the coal mine for distance learning?
By Duane Morris
At the start of the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education quickly enacted emergency regulations allowing students to continue with their education online—a revolutionary development that provided a lifeline to institutions and students alike. Schools around the country seized the opportunity, pivoting to online asynchronous programs even for hands-on occupations like nursing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cosmetology,…
DOL Raises the Threshold Salary for Exempt Status Under the FLSA: What the Overtime Expansion Means for the Education Sector
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on April 23, 2024 a significant expansion to overtime eligibility via the Final Rule: Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. The Final Rule increases the minimum salary level applicable to the overtime exemptions for executive, administrative and professional (EAP)…
University Legal Support: Big Law Responds to Escalating Protest Demands
By Duane Morris
Katherine Brodie, partner and team co-lead of Duane Morris’ education industry group, said colleges and universities “are seeking guidance to navigate not only what their policies and procedures say they can do, but the public relations, safety, donor and other external considerations that need to be taken into account in determining next steps based on the…
Title IX Final Rule Released
Today, after more than a year of anticipation, the U.S. Department of Education published the Title IX Final Rule, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance. This Final Rule takes effect on August 1, 2024, amending the current regulations which went into effect…
Webinar Replay: Plan for Change: Regulations and Guidance with Significant Operational Impact
By Duane Morris
A webinar replay of Plan for Change: Regulations and Guidance with Significant Operational Impact is now available for viewing.
Webinar Replay: Compliance and Best Practices for Catalogs, Publications and Student-Facing Materials
By Duane Morris
A replay of Compliance and Best Practices for Catalogs, Publications and Student-Facing Materials is available for viewing.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Race-Conscious Secondary School Admissions Policy
On February 20, 2024, the Supreme Court denied the Petitioners’ request for a writ of certiorari in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board. This denial followed the Court’s recent decisions striking down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University, in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard SFFA, and a similar case from the…