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Uber and Sexual Harassment
Popular ride-hailing company, Uber, has faced allegations of improperly handling cases of sexual harassment in the company’s brief history. Just last June, former CEO Travis Kalanick stepped down amid sexual assault accusations and scandals of a misogynistic work...
Title IX and Sexual Misconduct on U.S. Campuses
Title IX has gone through many changes this year, including rescinding past guidance on how schools should handle sexual assault cases. The Department of Education announced this decision on September 22, 2017. They have yet to put a permanent replacement for the...
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Around the country, the #MeToo movement and the Time’s Up initiative, are taking hold. Both strive to combat sexual violence and gender inequality. With that, more victims of sexual harassment and violence are coming forward to tell their stories and seek justice....
Favorable Ruling in the 7th Circuit
On March 1, 2018, Judge Joel M. Flaum delivered a favorable opinion on the oral argument delivered by Thomas Kennedy at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on February 8th, 2018. Oral argument was held on appeal of the preliminary injunction granted by Judge Richard...
DOE Rescinds Guidance Letters
The U.S. Department of Education has rescinded policies for students with disabilities. On October 20, 2017, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) issued a statement regarding the 72 policy documents they chose to rescind as part of...
Coffee & Core Concepts CLE
On February 15, 2018, Sarah Jane Hunt gave a presentation called “Trying a Housing Discrimination Case” for the Missouri Bar Association. The presentation focused on the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act was enacted in 1968. It protects people from...