Posted on 31 Dec 2024
In two landmark cases that hope to reshape the future for Black student-athletes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a group of former athletes has challenged the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Performance Program (APP) in court. The plaintiffs argue…
Posted on 20 Sep 2024
When survivors of sexual abuse decide to take legal action against their abusers, there are two paths to justice: filing a civil lawsuit or a criminal complaint to law enforcement. FeganScott Managing Partner Beth Fegan, one of the attorneys representing…
Posted on 9 Sep 2024
In April 2023, 37-year-old Brandon Pace died while in custody at Tipton Correctional Center after being restrained and pepper sprayed by corrections officers, who then denied him medical care as he cried out that he couldn’t breathe and needed help…
Posted on 18 Jul 2024
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new framework for the prosecution of sexual assault cases. The guidelines have already had a palpable impact on how prosecutors approach these types of cases on behalf of survivors.…
Posted on 16 Jul 2024
FeganScott Managing Partner Elizabeth Fegan recently sat down with Women’s Hoops Network to provide a close-up look at our case against the NCAA on behalf of Black student-athletes at HCBUs who allege that its Academic Performance Program intentionally discriminates against…
Posted on 8 Jul 2024
A federal lawsuit filed by Grambling women’s basketball player Brenda McKinney against the NCAA seeks to certify a class of Black Division I athletes who competed for HBCU schools last year, alleging that they were victims of racial discrimination by…
Posted on 10 Jun 2024
Multiple colleges and universities face antisemitism lawsuits that cite in part unlawful encampments, verbal assaults, and hostile takeovers of their schools in recent months in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens on Oct. 7. Harvard, Northwestern,…
Posted on 21 May 2024
FeganScott attorney Jonathan Lindenfeld speaks with CBS Chicago about the complaint our firm filed against Northwestern University on behalf of students in response to rising antisemitism on campus. Click here to learn more about the case and the systemic changes…
Posted on 8 Mar 2024
A group of 10 women in Fairfield County have won a $10 million verdict against a former massage therapist. Matthew Schaitel was convicted of sexual imposition in 2021. The nine-day trial finished on Feb. 28. Schaitel is a former massage…
Posted on 6 Mar 2024
FeganScott attorney Jonathan Lindenfeld explains how to claim your money and what to submit for proof of loss. -- Nearly 9 million drivers could be eligible for settlement money. Kia and Hyundai owners with the models that have become famous because they're easy…
