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This is a civil rights suit on behalf of Jane Doe, a biracial female who, at age 16, was forced to engage in a sexual act at school by a high school male student. When Jane Doe reported the incident to school officials, they did not treat it as a...
Continue ReadingA survey found a general lack of public knowledge about new federal regulations on campus sexual assault policies. A majority of Americans surveyed have no knowledge of upcoming changes to how colleges must respond to sexual misconduct on campus, according to a new poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University and...
Continue ReadingA lawsuit accuses the Canadian Hockey League of sitting idly by while abuse—including players being sexually abused—was rampant. Horror stories from junior hockey have been prevalent, and reported on, for decades. Yet there have been few consequences over that time. Now a shocking new class-action lawsuit could be the start...
Continue ReadingOne morning in the fall of her senior year of high school, Julia Holtzman awoke to find that Chris D’Elia had sent her a direct message on Instagram. The 17-year-old was confused. She was not a fan of the then-36-year-old stand-up comic, and was not following his page. But she...
Continue ReadingThe former president of the now-defunct Sigma Pi fraternity at Ohio University pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to drug and hazing charges in connection with the death of Collin Wiant. Elijah R. Wahib, 22, of the Cleveland suburb of Westlake, entered a guilty plea to two counts of felony obstruction of...
Continue ReadingHappy 48th anniversary #titleix! The attorneys and staff here at The Fierberg National Law Group are proud to defend this landmark legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in schools and sports! Not sure what exactly Title IX is? You can learn more at Know Your IX: a project of Advocates for Youth. #handsoffIX #knowyourix #believesurvivors
Continue ReadingThe New Jersey Senate on Monday approved a bill, named after a Penn State student killed on campus, to increase protections for victims of hazing. The parents of Timothy Piazza moved another step closer to helping prevent hazing incidents like the one that took their son’s life in 2017, as...
Continue ReadingThe Tennessee Court of Appeals is reversing part of a decision involving allegations of hazing at Lane College, an HBCU in Jackson. De’Audric Halmon, a former Lane College student from Memphis, alleges that while joining the Delta Epsilon Chapter (the Lane College Chapter) of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. in...
Continue ReadingUCLA’s handling of allegations of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct against five physicians employed by the university over three decades was “at times either delayed or inadequate or both,” an independent committee investigating the allegations said in a report released Friday. The allegations included conduct ranging from sexually suggestive questions...
Continue ReadingThe allegations against members of LSU's now-closed Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity were horrendous. Pledges forced to lie down on broken glass while being urinated on, doused in gasoline, struck with pipes, kicked with steel-toed boots, burned with cigarettes, and more. That was in February 2019, when nine DKE members were...
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