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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John F. Banzhaf III, B.S.E.E., J.D., Sc.D., Professor of Public Interest Law Emeritus at George Washington University, remains as committed as ever to his position on the transgender athlete issue. His latest post (reprinted below) from this morning illustrates that: “Britain’s Supreme Court has just ruled that the legal definition of a woman is someone born biologically…
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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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“Amid a staggering volume of Title IX complaints,” the U.S Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday the “Title IX Special Investigations Team” (SIT) to “ensure timely, consistent resolutions to protect students, and especially female athletes, from the pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities.” The…
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Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the fifth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in the sports industry who need experienced and capable legal counsel. The law firms are listed alphabetically, a testament to the difficulty in actually…
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Clarkson’s Arthur Bryant continues to be a prominent voice in the battle for gender equity and Title IX compliance in intercollegiate athletics. With decades of experience representing women athletes and championing equal rights in college sports, Bryant is arguably America’s most accomplished Title IX lawyer. He has been cited by the press nationwide for his views on recent developments,…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has initiated a compliance review of the University of Maine following the State of Maine’s blatant disregard for President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. “President Trump has made it abundantly clear: taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars will not support institutions that discriminate against women,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke…
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Hackney Publications announced today a client referral program, leveraging 25 years of editing and publishing experience in the sports law field to pair potential legal clients with sports lawyers. Those “friends of Hackney Publications,” defined as subscribers and sponsors, will receive notification when a potential legal client reaches out through Sportslawexpert.com (https://sportslawexpert.com/seeking-a-sports-lawyer/) as well as…
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