January 29, 2024
Arizona is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review the full Ninth Circuit's split decision that revived a former University of Arizona student's Title IX complaint concerning her claims of assault by a member of the school's football team, arguing clarification is needed on liability for off-campus incidents.
September 29, 2023
This week's Off The Bench features Michigan State and the football coach it fired rushing headlong toward a legal battle, a merger of two spring football leagues and a resounding Title IX victory by an ex-student over her former school. If you were sidelined, here are the sports and betting stories that had Law360 readers buzzing this week.
September 25, 2023
The en banc Ninth Circuit on Monday handed a significant Title IX victory to a University of Arizona student who said she had been violently assaulted by a member of the school's football team, reversing a lower court decision and ruling that the university had failed to protect her and violated her right to equal protection.
January 25, 2022
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of a student's Title IX suit alleging the University of Arizona failed to protect her from being assaulted by her then-boyfriend, a football player, saying the school's failure to address the player's previous assaults did not impact the context in which she was assaulted.