The U.S. Department of Education continues to release significant guidance relating to its Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment rule, including last week’s announcement that institutions should “pause reviews of the Completers Lists and use of the FVT/GE Reports.” In
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Thompson Coburn Releases 2024 Title IX Training Series for Institutions of Higher Education
Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Practice is pleased to announce the
release of its new, four-part Title IX Training Series, designed to
assist institutions of higher education to comply with the Biden
administration’s 2024 Title IX rule. This free training…
Student Loan Debt Relief: Is Forgiveness Really Divine?
On the presidential campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden promised that, if elected, he would implement a program to forgive federal student loan debt for millions of Americans. As the COVID-19 pandemic was winding down, President Biden made good on…
Updated Financial Responsibility Reporting Guide 2024
The U.S. Department of Education’s new financial responsibility rules took effect July 1, 2024 (the “2024 Rule”). These rules are part of a sweeping set of regulations that cover financial value transparency and gainful employment, professional licensure programs,…
ED's New Financial Responsibility Rules Deserve Attention
The U.S. Department of Education’s new financial responsibility rules take effect July 1, 2024. These rules are part of a sweeping set of regulations that become effective the same day and cover financial value transparency and gainful employment, professional licensure…
Subchapter V Practice in the Eighth Circuit: The First Four Years
The new Subchapter V of Chapter 11 became effective on February 19, 2020. Designed to streamline reorganizations for small businesses, the new Subchapter V has proven very popular. The Final Report of the American Bankruptcy Institute ABI Task Force (the…
Supreme Court Avoids Discovery Rule Fight in Copyright Lawsuit
If You Choose Not to Decide, You Still Have Made a ChoiceThe Copyright Act’s three-year limitation period doesn’t limit damages to the three years before suit is filed. And in parts of the country, it currently doesn’t require you to…
Fifteen Attorneys General Ask Congress Not to Replace State Privacy Laws With Federal Law
In a May 8, 2024, letter signed by the attorneys general of 14 other states, California Attorney General Rob Bonta urged Congress not to pass a version of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) that would preempt state consumer privacy…
Title IX Rule: Key Changes and Next Steps for Institutions
On April 29, 2024, the US Department of Education published its final Title IX rule in the Federal Register. In our second HigherEdReg Rundown, Scott Goldschmidt provides
preliminary analysis on the new rule. He discusses key differences between the current…