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Samantha Banks published a client alert, “New Anti-Hazing Law Requires Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities to Post Semi-Annual Reports, with Initial Reports Due January 15, 2019.” She wrote: “This fall, Pennsylvania adopted legislation in an effort to prevent, deter, and criminalize hazing at colleges, universities, and secondary schools. Pennsylvania’s Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing […]

Karen Baillie issued a client alert, “Department of Education Requests Comments on Proposed Title IX Regulations.” Baillie is co-chair of Schnader’s Higher Education Practice Group. “On Friday, November 16, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding how schools must respond to allegations of sexual […]

M. Christine Carty published a client alert, “Final New York State Sexual Harassment Guidance and Forms Issued Days Before Effective Date.” “On October 1, 2018, just days before the October 9, 2018 deadline for compliance, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) and the New York State Division of […]

Since spring 2018, New York State and New York City have been aggressively moving to protect against sexual harassment in the workplace and, in so doing, have recently created numerous compliance obligations for employers. In April, 2018, New York State (“NYS”) enacted a bundle of new laws to combat sexual […]