A woman, who was “involuntarily forced to view a penis in the women’s locker room at a gym in California, would appear to have a valid cause of action to sue the nude male [M2F transgender] who exhibited his penis to her, even if the gym owners permitted him to expose his genitals to female…
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United States District Court Judge Fred W. Slaughter issued a 29-page Order granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Friday barring Concordia University Irvine (“CUI”) from “eliminating its women’s swimming & diving team, its women’s tennis team, and all other women’s varsity teams at CUI for the 2025-26 academic year, and for the duration of…
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(Editor’s Note: From the pages of Sports Litigation Alert.) By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer and Professor, Sports Media, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu On May 8, 2025, administrators with the Minisink Valley Central School District (NY) announced that the head coach of the girls’ softball team had been relieved of his duties pending an investigation…
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Sports law attorney Bill Bock, of Kroger Gardis & Regas, has been named to the 2026 Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch, a prestigious honor that reflects his “dedication to excellence, deep expertise, and commitment to providing outstanding legal services to (the firm’s) clients.” Bock is an experienced litigator with substantial sports law and Title…
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(Editor’s Note: This is a short article from Title IX Alert’s Editor in Chief Ellen Staurowksy. It appeared in the summer Alert, a free subscription publication produced by Hackney Publications.) By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer and Professor, Sports Media, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu On July 3, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider…
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(What follows is a press release from California’a AG’s office.) California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a pre-enforcement lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) in anticipation of imminent legal retaliation against California’s school systems. Last week, U.S. DOJ issued a letter requesting certification from California school districts that they will not…
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LaKeisha C. Marsh, chair of Akerman’s Government Strategies Practice Group and Higher Education and Collegiate Athletics Practice, has been elected to serve on the National Association of College and University Attorneys’ (NACUA) board of directors for a three-year term beginning June 2025. NACUA is a leading membership association in the field of higher education law,…
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Sports lawyer William “Bill” Bock III, a partner at Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP, recently joined Sports Litigation Alert Editor Holt Hackney as a guest on the Sports Law Expert Podcast. The segment, which was made available today, can be heard here – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-visit-with-sports-lawyer-william-bock-of/id1740807429?i=1000704345799. “Bill is an icon in the sports industry, known for his…
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By Susan D. Friedfel, Monica H. Khetarpal, Carol R. Ashley & Danielle Bland Takeaway The DOJ and ED are allocating resources to increase enforcement of Title IX concerning participation of transgender athletes, the use of intimate spaces, and “gender ideology” generally. Institutions should carefully review their policies and practices now that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of…
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Loren Galloway Bowans has joined Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas as its new Title IX Coordinator. Bowans was previously at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of the University Risk and Compliance Services team and manager of UT’s Clery Act compliance program. She also worked closely with UT Austin’s Title…
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