In 2011, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague letter that urged institutions to better investigate and adjudicate cases of campus sexual assault. The letter ...

The civil defamation trial of Donald Trump returns on Monday with a verdict likely this week on how much more he owes to former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. Carroll has to prove that she is ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion in E.M.D. Sales v. Carrera, holding that a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard rather than a heightened ...

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) claims that Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) negotiating rulemaking participants are considering adopting rules that violate the intent of the ...

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