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Understanding What Constitutes Sexual Harassment Under Title IX in 2025
| Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP | Title IX, Title IX: Sexual Harassment
The revisions to the Title IX regulatory scheme that were proposed in 2022 and released in 2024 changed the definition of sexual harassment in several critical ways. Sexual harassment is a form of sexual discrimination prohibited by Title IX and the source of most of the complaints filed by students, faculty, and staff on college …
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Using Digital Evidence in a Title IX Case
| Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP | Title IX
When someone files a formal Title IX complaint against a student or member of the faculty or staff on a college campus, that usually triggers a formal investigation and adjudication process. If the allegations turn out to be serious, such as when a student is accused of sexual assault, a great deal of attention may …
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Title IX Rules Revert Back to 2020 Status: What Does That Mean?
| Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP | Title IX
The Trump administration wasted no time sending a message about many of the Title IX policies implemented by the previous administration. Among the numerous executive orders released on Inauguration Day, Executive Order 14168 essentially declared that Title IX protections did not extend to discrimination on the basis of gender identity. Then, before the month was …
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Why It’s a Good Idea to Work with a Lawyer for All Campus Disciplinary Proceedings
| Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP | Title IX, Title IX: Procedure
In an era where virtually anything we do can be recorded on someone’s phone, posted online, and remain accessible forever, there’s no such thing as an “old” problem. Nothing is forgotten. Poor decisions from the past can be revisited by new audiences time and again. When you understand that risk, it’s easier to see why …
Fourth Circuit Establishes Due Process Right to Cross-Examination in University Disciplinary Hearings- Jacob Doe v. UNC, et al.
| Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP | Title IX, Title IX : News
In a lawsuit brought by Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP on behalf of a male student against the University of North Carolina and several of its administrators, the Fourth Circuit recently established a due process right to cross-examination in the university disciplinary context. The plaintiff, Jacob Doe, a former student of the University of North Carolina …