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Federal complaint filed against DeVos for removal of campus assault guidelines

Courthouse News – Roll-Back of Campus Assault Rules Spurs Challenge: “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was hit with a federal complaint Thursday by three women who say her unraveling of campus-assault guidelines will gut investigations or lawsuits they have pending. Filed by attorney Wendy Murphy with the New England School of Law, the lawsuit in Boston comes four weeks after Devos replaced Obama-era guidance on campus sexual assault investigations with new instructions that allow universities to require higher standards of evidence when handling complaints. The group Equal Means Equal is joined in the complaint by three anonymous women who are each involved in pending sexual assault or harassment cases. Mary Doe is the only one of the three plaintiffs who identifies as a victim of sexual assault. She says she is suing Boston University for violations of Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in education…”

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