FIFA Abandons Principles Once Again by Dropping Anti-Racism Messages

Jul 16, 2025 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Olympics, Sports Law

A month after FIFA president Gianni Infantino said racism and bigotry were such a blight on the beautiful game that offenders deserve criminal penalties, the federation seems to have lost the messages that had become a staple of its anti-discrimination campaigns. The...

San Jose State mired in controversy over alleged transgender volleyball player

Oct 6, 2024 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Sports Law, Transgender Rights

By jeff eisenberg Yahoo Sports Two weeks ago, the co-captain of the San Jose State women’s volleyball team joined a federal lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s transgender athlete participation policy. READ

Allred Introduces Bill to Support Nonprofits, Like the YMCA, in Efforts to Bolster Youth Sports Participation and Outcomes

Feb 2, 2023 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Sports Law

August 1, 2022 Press Release DALLAS – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) announced he introduced the PLAYS in Youth Sports Act. The bill calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a $75 million annual grant program to support nonprofit...

Pilgrim Appointed to New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Treatment of Transgender Youth in Sports

Dec 9, 2021 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Sports Law, Title IX

Pilgrim & Associates Arbitration, Law & Mediation LLC (P&AALM) Managing Attorney, Jill Pilgrim, is honored to be appointed to the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Treatment of Transgender Youth in Sports, on December 7, 2021.  In this...

P&A Legal Blog – Why Universities Should Implement Best Practices Related to Sexual Violence?

Mar 30, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Criminal Law, Discrimination, Title IX

By Stephen G. Bock, Esq. On March 24, 2014, the D.C. Circuit Court granted a motion by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) to dismiss claims brought by a former University of Virginia (“UVA”) student....

P&A Blog — Who’s Responsible for Sexual Violence on College Campuses? Part II

Mar 10, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Discrimination, Education, Sports Law, Title IX

Continued . . . Pilgrim & Associates’ recent work performing a climate assessment on the issues of campus sexual violence at a publicly-funded institution of higher-education reinforces the frequently cited reasons for resistance to addressing this intimate and...