Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit's recent opinion in Yeasin v. Durham, No. 16-3367, 2018 WL 300553 (10th Cir. Jan. 5, 2018), addresses the "tension between some students'...

On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues ...

In Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 Board of Education, a transgender high school student alleged that his school district informed him that, because he was listed as "female"...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Seventh Circuit affirmed that a transgender student demonstrated a likelihood of success on claims that his school district's decision to prohibit him from using the boys' restroom...

The Complaint asserted that this violated his civil rights under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

On March 6, 2017, the Supreme Court remanded a highly anticipated transgender rights case back to the Court of Appeals after the Trump Administration withdrew Obama era guidance regarding the rights...

The Supreme Court has clarified IDEA's exhaustion requirement to allow claims brought on behalf of IDEA eligible students to proceed directly in court unless the "gravamen" of the complaint seeks...

The Supreme Court's recent ruling in Fry v. Napoleon Comm. Schools limits IDEA's exhaustion requirement to those cases which seek relief for a denial of FAPE...

The February 22, 2017 guidance notes that the Departments made their decision "in order to further and more completely consider the legal issues involved"...

Congressional Committee Head Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) ask NLRB General Counsel Griffin to either immediately rescind his January 31 report...

In a last minute attempt to leave his mark on the NLRB, the Board's outgoing General Counsel issued a report attempting to expand the rights of university faculty and students...

Title IX enforcement issues continue to notably permeate the agenda of colleges and universities. The winds of change to Title IX enforcement may be blowing in 2017.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in the matter of Gloucester County School Board v. G.G., which asks the Court to weigh in on the issue of restroom access for transgender students.

The Fourth Circuit in a case of first impression held that Title IX entitles transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit holds that Title IX protects a transgender student's right to use the restroom that aligns with the student's gender identity.