Category: News
CLIENT ALERT: EXECUTIVE ORDER ON COMBATING RACE AND SEX STEREOTYPING LIMITS CERTAIN TYPES OF DIVERSITY TRAINING
By: Debbie Osgood and Linh T. Nguyen On September 22, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (“EO”) to combat, in the Trump Administration’s view, “offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating” in certain diversity trainings hosted by executive departments and agencies, […]
The U.S. Department of Education Issues Final Rule on Religious Liberty and Free Inquiry
On September 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) issued the Final Rule on Religious Liberty and Free Inquiry (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule implements new requirements on public and private institutions of higher education as material conditions of receiving certain federal grants. These material conditions relate to free […]
HMBR’s New Title IX Compliance Webpage
Check out our new HMBR webpage: Title IX Compliance. This new webpage provides easy access to key Title IX legal documents, including the final Title IX regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education last month. The final regulations will require that by August 14, 2020, schools make significant […]
HMBR Webinar on the Final Title IX Regulations
HMBR WEBINAR ON THE FINAL TITLE IX REGULATIONS Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 1-2 p.m. CST HMBR is pleased to invite you to attend our webinar on the final Title IX regulations. The regulations, released by the U.S. Department of Education on May 6, 2020, dramatically reset the […]
HHS to Provide Immediate CARES Act Relief Funds to Hospitals and Doctors This Week
April 13, 2020 Offering immediate economic relief to hospitals, doctors, and other health care professionals and facilities, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced details regarding the distribution of the first $30 billion dollars from the $100 billion dollars allocated to HHS by the CARES Act. For […]
Bolton Throws His Own Hand Grenade Into Senate Trial – Pat Deady Guest Authors in Markin Report
Bolton Throws His Own Hand Grenade Into Senate Trial
Patrick Deady joins Cheddar News Network to Discuss the Impeachment Trial Process
Patrick E. Deady, shareholder and head of Litigation Practice at HMBR, discusses impeachment on the Cheddar News Network. Speaking with anchors Baker Machado and J. D. Durkin, Mr. Deady compared the current impeachment process moving forward in the Senate with the Clinton impeachment trial and what could happen if […]
If we get to a Senate impeachment trial, who will testify? Patrick Deady’s commentary in Chicago Tribune
Patrick Deady, an HMBR shareholder, and former federal prosecutor, discusses the Senate proceedings if an impeachment trial is conducted against President Donald Trump. Mr. Deady’s commentary was published in The Chicago Tribune, December 9, 2019. The full article can be read here.
Texas Passes Sexual Assault Legislation Impacting Postsecondary Institutions
On June 15, 2019, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed House Bill 1735, an Act relating to the prevention of and response to sexual misconduct at public and private postsecondary institutions, effective September 1, 2019. Joining other states that have passed sexual harassment laws for schools—such as California, Illinois, and New […]