McGuireWoods partners Brian Barger, Mike Elliott and Mindy Sauter join partners Farnaz Farkish Thompson and Sarah Wake, co-leaders of the Higher Education Practice Group, to discuss and answer questions about timely issues, including an overview of recent executive actions impacting higher education institutions.
Topics
- Recent executive orders on DEI, gender ideology and anti-Semitism
- OCR’s guidance returning to 2020 Title IX final rule
- Rescission of DHS guidance on protected areas and immigration implications
Speakers
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September 10, 2024
McGuireWoods education partners Farnaz Farkish Thompson and Sarah Wake address hot topics for colleges and universities and answer questions about timely issues. Partner Shelby Guilbert also will join the webinar to discuss insurance recovery.
Topics
- State of the Union on Collegiate Athletics
- Title VI Updates – A Familiar Yet New Legal Landscape
- Title IX Updates – What to Do Amid Preliminary Injunctions
- Best Practices Related to Insurance Recovery
Who Should Attend
College and university attorneys and administrators
Speakers
May 2, 2024
Partners Farnaz Farkish Thompson and Sarah Wake discuss hot topics for colleges and universities and answer questions about timely issues. Partners Casey Lucier and Jack White will discuss congressional investigations and partner T.W. Bruno addresses credit pressures on colleges and universities and the impact on capital project financings.
Topics
- Update on developments in college athletics
- Title IX Final Rule – Effective Aug. 1, 2024
- Congressional investigations update
- Credit pressures and debt financings
- Title VI: Israel/Palestine
Who Should Attend
College and university attorneys and administrators
Speakers
February 8, 2023
Join education partners Farnaz Farkish Thompson and Sarah Wake for McGuireWoods’ next quarterly webinar as they discuss hot topics for colleges and universities and answer questions about timely issues. Also joining the webinar will be partner Janet Peyton discussing data privacy issues and partner Anthony Tatum discussing insurance recovery actions.
Topics
- Admissions and affirmative action
- NLRB decision on student-athletes
- Updates in free exercise clause jurisprudence
- Title IV regulatory updates
- Data privacy issues
- Insurance recovery actions
Who Should Attend
College and university attorneys and administrators
Speakers
August 24, 2022
Education partners Farnaz Farkish Thompson, Sarah Wake and Brent Justus discuss hot topics for colleges and universities that are about to begin a new academic year and answer questions about timely issues.
Topics
- Change of Ownership Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Title IX Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Collegiate Athletics Update – NCAA Policy on Campus Sexual Violence and NIL
- COVID-19 Tuition and Fees Class Actions Update
- Antitrust Issues in Higher Education
Who Should Attend
College and university attorneys and administrators
Speakers
March 22, 2022
These are uncertain and challenging times for colleges and universities. It is difficult to recall a period when so many social, financial, regulatory and workforce changes have occurred so quickly. Join education partners Farnaz Farkish Thompson and Sarah Wake as they discuss the hot topics for colleges and universities in 2022 and answer questions about the issues.
Topics
- College Athletics Name, image and likeness updates, including in the NCAA’s new constitution, which takes effect in August 2022Litigation involving whether student athletes are employees under the Fair Labor Standards ActThe unfair labor practice charge recently filed with the National Labor Relations Board involving whether certain student athletes are employees under the National Labor Relations Act
- Name, image and likeness updates, including in the NCAA’s new constitution, which takes effect in August 2022
- Litigation involving whether student athletes are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- The unfair labor practice charge recently filed with the National Labor Relations Board involving whether certain student athletes are employees under the National Labor Relations Act
- Admissions The U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of the use of race in admissionsThe end of legacy admissionsAntitrust actions involving admissions and financial aid
- The U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of the use of race in admissions
- The end of legacy admissions
- Antitrust actions involving admissions and financial aid
- Discrimination, Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Proposed Title IX Regulations (expected in April)Recent rulings from the federal appellate courts regarding Title IX liabilitySex-based programs and scholarshipsRace-based claims under Title VI, including Jewish and Muslim students
- Proposed Title IX Regulations (expected in April)
- Recent rulings from the federal appellate courts regarding Title IX liability
- Sex-based programs and scholarships
- Race-based claims under Title VI, including Jewish and Muslim students
Who Should Attend
College and university attorneys and administrators
Speakers
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