Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Labor/Employment
Jun. 4, 2011
Litigating Peer Harassment Claims Against Educational Institutions
A recent investigation into Yale University's policy for sexual harassment and sexual assault claims highlights a split of authority in federal law.
Michael H. Leb
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Leb Dispute Resolutions
Labor & Employment
Phone: (310) 284-8224
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Email: michael@lebdr.com
U Michigan Law School
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On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it would open an investigation to review the policies of my alma mater, Yale University, for dealing with sexual harassment and sexual assault. The investigation comes in response to a Title IX complaint filed against the university by 12 women and four men alleging that Yale's failure to properly address incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault has resulted in a "hostile environ...
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