Title IX: Fair Campus, Foul Weather
With Education Secretary Betsey Devos much in the news over possible changes to the Dear Colleague letter promulgated by the DOE’s Office of Civil Rights,...
Title IX, University Discipline, Sexual Assault and Parallel Proceedings
A short — 140 seconds — note on the thickets of Title IX, sexual assault, university discipline and parallel procedures: University Discipline, Sexual Assault and...
Brand’s Memo and Dan’s Desk
Last month, then-Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand issued a memorandum to Department of Justice civil lawyers concerning the circumstances under which they may and may...
“Fantastic Lies” and Corporate Criminal Prosecution
When the past is dug up in documentaries (or docudramas), events are often sensationalized. This practice is of long pedigree: Shakespeare was not above amping...
The Old College Try, and The New College Tribunal
In disciplinary proceedings involving claims of sexual assault, universities continue to find themselves in an intolerable situation, caught in a lawyer-triangle of the Department of...
Dear Colleagues All: University Discipline, Sexual Assault and The Department of Education
Title IX. Crime. Sexual assault. University disciplinary procedures. Civil litigation. Enormous amounts of money. The Fifth Amendment. And that’s all before you hire a lawyer....
Public Corruption Trials: A Checklist
Public corruption trials....
Act of Production and A Cocktail Jewel
An election and Halloween....
Defense Crazy, Cocktail Onions, Joy Division
Can a corporation plead insanity? Plus: homemade cocktail onions....
A Meditation On Father’s Day
For many years, I rarely thought of Daddy....