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Impact of the MeToo Movement on Campus Title IX Claims

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In the fall of 2017, just after a news story revealed dozens of sexual harassment and assault allegations against major Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, actress Alyssa Milano helped reawaken a previous movement started more than ten years earlier. The “MeToo” movement initially began as an attempt for sexual assault survivors to show others they were …

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#MeTOOK12 Helps Combat Sexual Wrongdoing in Schools

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Title IX Sexual Assault Attorneys CT
Students from kindergarten to 12th grade are encouraged to stand up against sexual harassment and abuse, thanks to a new hashtag started by the Stop Sexual Assault in Schools (SSAIS) nonprofit organization. While much attention has recently focused on sexual harassment and assault in workplaces and on college campuses, sexual wrongdoing against younger children has …

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How Colleges Define Sexual Misconduct May Surprise You

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Recent changes to the Department of Education’s Title IX guidance have brought significant attention to the way colleges and universities handle sexual assault allegations. The Trump administration implemented the changes largely in response to Obama-era guidance that reinterpreted Title IX to allow the federal government to implement standards and procedures that schools that receive federal …

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Can Big-Time College Sports Ever Change the Sexual Assault Culture with so Much Money on the Line?

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Title IX Sexual Assault Attorneys in CT
The U.S. yet again heard about the confluence of high-profile college athletics and sexual assault when warrants were issued for three football players for Michigan State University (MSU) on June 6, 2017. News of NCAA players being accused or convicted of sexual assaults is no longer shocking to many Americans—we see these reports on a …

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Athletic Culture and Sexual Assault on Campus

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Are you a college athlete? If so, you know what it’s like to have people look up to you. You also know what it means to carry the responsibility of protecting your team’s — and your school’s — reputation. It’s hard, then, to confront the difficult truth that more college sexual assaults are committed by …

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