Retroactivity and Title IX: Doe v. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20
On October 16, 2020, the Northern District of New York, in Doe v. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, enjoined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) from applying its 2018 Sexual Misconduct Policy to a complaint concerning an incident that occurred prior to the August 14, 2020 effective date of the Department of Education’s new Title IX Regulations (the Regulations). The opinion raises the important question of whether schools will be presumed, conclusively or otherwise, to violate Title IX by...
By: WilmerHale