By: Barbara Hart, Principal in G&E’s Civil Rights Practice  In October 2023, a federal court jury found that Baylor University was negligent in its handling of a Title IX lawsuit filed by a former student. The female student was awarded $270,000 after alleging she was physically abused by a football player in 2014.  Almost 10 years [...]

By: Irene Lax, Senior Counsel in G&E’s Civil Rights Practice Group Shedding light on alleged sexual abuse of ICE immigrant detainees at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia as well as ICE facilities nationwide For years, patterns of sexual abuse have plagued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities nationwide. Recently, the civil rights attorneys at [...]

By: Barbara Hart, Principal in G&E’s Civil Rights Practice Sexual assault survivors of former Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar seek accountability in recent lawsuit against the University and its Board of Trustees. The women claim school officials made secret decisions to withhold more than 6,000 documents in an investigation into how Nassar got away with the misconduct. A lawsuit, recently filed in late July 2023, against Michigan [...]

By: Cindy Morgan, Associate in G&E’s Civil Rights Practice Although Title IX of the of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) includes protections for students from sexual assault and harassment, sexual misconduct remains prevalent across many college and university campuses, including at Stanford University where, according to a 2019 survey, almost 40% of female undergraduate students [...]