title ix

Gross Disparity Between Boys' And Girls' Basketball Schedules Violates Title IX

Michael E. Rigney
February 15, 2012 22:28

PARKER v. FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION (January 31, 2012) Franklin County High School belongs to the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference. The Conference is responsible for scheduling games for both the girls' and boys' varsity basketball teams. In the 2009-2010 season, almost 95% of...

October 17 roundup

Walter Olson
October 17, 2011 12:24

“Convicted King of Class Actions Builds Aviary, Regrets Nothing” [Lerach, Bloomberg profile] Teva/Baxter suits: Latest Nevada you-made-the-vials-too-big propofol verdict makes no more sense than first [Glenn Lammi, Forbes; Ted at PoL] EPA malicious prosecution in Hubert Vidrine case...

High school booster clubs

Walter Olson
September 17, 2011 14:15

The vise of Title IX regulation keeps tightening. Tags: schools, sports, Title IX Related posts Update: Gender equity and staggered sports schedules (0) Title IX and cheerleading (21) Staggered sports schedules again found to violate Title IX (0) Next stop for boys’ team-cutting:...

Le suit: climate of sexual harassment at Yale “emboldened” murderer

Walter Olson
September 10, 2011 14:59

Citing a Title IX complaint, the lawsuit claims that the university’s failure to crack down harder on male behavior was in part responsible for the sensational crime in which a fellow lab worker strangled the pharmacology student and stuffed her body into a wall. [Yale Daily News, Slate "XX...

September 6 roundup

Walter Olson
September 06, 2011 05:09

“For any value of x, ‘X’s Law’ is a bad idea.” [David Wagner on this Radley Balko post] “Politicized hiring at DOJ” shoe is on the other foot now [Caroline May, Daily Caller] “THE FACTS: Nothing is unconstitutional until courts declare it to be...