July 13, 2023
A New York attorney is facing possible sanctions in Connecticut federal court for failing to appear at a settlement hearing in a sex discrimination claim brought by his longtime client, a University of Connecticut athlete who lost her scholarship after she made a vulgar gesture to an ESPN television camera.
November 30, 2022
The Second Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court's dismissal of a University of Connecticut student-athlete's Title IX claim that she faced stronger disciplinary action than male counterparts when her scholarship was revoked as punishment for raising her middle finger on live national television after winning a soccer tournament in 2014.