From the CEO
Updates from the CEO
Letters and notes from our Founder and CEO, Albert Roberson, on federal and state decisions and the pending matters worth watching.
Recent updates
Title IX: The 2020 framework is the framework
The 2020 regulations govern, April’s rescissions and athletics enforcement reshape the posture, and 2024-era language left in your procedures is a compliance problem, not a style problem.
Read the letter →Title VI: Shared ancestry is the center of gravity
Enforcement has narrowed in focus and sharpened in consequence: shared ancestry complaints are the center of gravity, and notice plus inadequate response is the fact pattern that produces findings.
Read the letter →ADA and Section 504: A deadline moved, a deadline did not
The DOJ moved the Title II web accessibility deadline to 2027 for nearly all public universities. The underlying obligations did not move, and neither did Section 504.
Read the letter →Title VII: The National Enforcement Plan changes what gets investigated
The EEOC’s National Enforcement Plan names DEI programs as a priority, deprioritizes disparate impact, and pulls the affirmative action guidance floor. The program inventory can no longer wait.
Read the letter →Clery: October 2026 is the hazing deadline that matters
Hazing statistics enter the Annual Security Report this October. The transparency report was the warm-up; the ASR cycle is where the data infrastructure gets tested.
Read the letter →The enforcement landscape itself is the story
Half of OCR was laid off, recalled, and the actions rescinded, at a cost the GAO put near thirty eight million dollars. Enforcement volatility is not compliance relief.
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