{"id":29416,"date":"2020-04-01T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T00:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=29416"},"modified":"2020-07-07T20:19:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T00:19:43","slug":"peter-f-lake-says-class-actions-and-pending-rules-could-change-colleges-sex-assault-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2020\/04\/01\/peter-f-lake-says-class-actions-and-pending-rules-could-change-colleges-sex-assault-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter F. Lake says class actions and pending rules could change colleges&#8217; sex assault procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:18px\">By Wendy Davis<br><em>ABA Journal<\/em><br>April 1, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Excerpt<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LAKE-PETER-orig.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Peter F. Lake\" class=\"wp-image-23471\" width=\"133\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LAKE-PETER-orig.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LAKE-PETER-orig-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LAKE-PETER-orig-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><figcaption>Professor Peter F. Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Department of Education finalizes new rules, the groups are expected to bring new lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numerous others\u2014ranging from men\u2019s rights groups to colleges to individual states\u2014may well bring their own legal challenges, predicts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/lake-peter-f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peter Lake<\/a>, a professor at Stetson University College of Law and expert in Title IX compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Groups representing accused students will likely argue that the new regulations still don\u2019t do enough to guarantee due process, Lake predicts, while victims might claim their rights have been compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He adds that litigation surrounding the regulations could be protracted, with judges upholding some provisions but sending others back to the Department of Education for revisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis could take years,\u201d Lake says. \u201cThis mess is probably going to end up in a variety of very esoteric cases involving the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;width:100px;margin: 20px 0px 15px 0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 11.5px;line-height:18px;padding-bottom:15px;\">This article was originally published on the ABA Journal website on April 1, 2020, with the headline, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/magazine\/article\/class-actions-and-pending-rules-could-change-colleges-sex-assault-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Class actions and pending rules could change colleges&#8217; sex assault procedures<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Wendy DavisABA JournalApril 1, 2020 Excerpt After the Department of Education finalizes new rules, the groups are expected to bring new lawsuits. 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