Case name: Swank v. State of Oklahoma, No. CIV-24-102 (E.D. Okla. 07/12/24).
Case name: Swank v. State of Oklahoma, No. CIV-24-102 (E.D. Okla. 07/12/24).
Case name: Doe v. The Leland Stanford Junior University, No. H050567 (Cal. Ct. App. 06/26/24).
In a long-awaited decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its ruling in the case of Johnson, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al., which deals with the employment status of collegiate student-athletes. However, instead of a sweeping decision declaring whether they are or aren’t employees, the Court created a new legal standard by which an assessment of employment status should be made.
Case name: Cook v. University of Southern California, et al., No. B330640 (Cal. Ct. App. 05/24/24).
Case name: Doe 1, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, No. 1:23-cv-00542 (S.D. Ind. 07/02/24).
Case name: Johnson, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al., No. 22-1223 (3d Cir. 07/11/24).
A Black woman served as the executive director of a childcare program at Auburn University, which was funded by two state grants. About a year into her role, her supervisor advised her to soften her “brusque and blunt” communication style. FCCP employees complained that the director repeatedly failed to respond to emails and work-related communications. The employees also claimed she made “rude and abrupt comments, [spoke] over people, and [prevented] FCCP staff from saying what they needed to say.” Shortly thereafter, officials from the grant funding agency met with the director and her supervisor to express concerns about the tone of her communications. The officials warned her that if significant improvements weren’t made within 30 days, the grants could be revoked.
Case name: Haywood v. University of Texas Medical Branch-CMC, No. 4:22-cv-00073 (S.D. Tex. 07/15/24).
Case name: Grigorescu v. Board of Trustees of the San Mateo County Community College District, et al., No. 18-cv-05932 (N.D. Cal. 05/24/24).
The long-awaited Biden-era Title IX regulations that were issued in April of this year represented a major development in higher education law, differing from previous iterations of Title IX rules in dramatic ways.