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What Moral Standards Should We Apply to Historical Figures? (Guest Post by Tarunabh Khaitan)
Main Wednesday, June 17, 2020What Moral Standards Should We Apply to Historical Figures? (Guest Post by Tarunabh Khaitan)[Introductory note: Below is a guest post by Tarun Khaitan, Professor of Public…
Wiley Executive Summary
No Coverage for Claim Deemed First Made Prior to Inception of Policy Period
Applying the law of Puerto Rico, a federal district court held that coverage was unavailable for an underlying lawsuit under a claims-made policy because the claim was deemed first made…
SC Employers’ Blog
Supreme Court Finds Title VII Prohibits LGBTQ Discrimination
By Chris Gantt-Sorenson, Perry MacLennan
On Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court momentously ruled that federal law designed to prevent discrimination in the workplace protects gay, lesbian and transgender employees. In Bostock…
Municipal Minute
Civil Rights Act Protects Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
As I'm sure all of you have already heard, yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Bostock v. Clayton County holding that an employer that fires an individual for…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
SCOTUS: Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation or Transgender Status is Sex Discrimination And Violates Federal Law
By: Amy Epstein Gluck An employer who fires or takes an adverse action against an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…
Labor & Employment Report
Supreme Court Extends Discrimination Protections to Gay and Transgender Employees
By Fiona W. Ong
In a landmark ruling, a 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII’s prohibition on “sex discrimination” in employment encompasses sexual orientation and gender identity. Background of the…
Employment Law
Second Federal Judge Refuses to Apply CPLR 7515’s Ban on Arbitration of Discrimination Claims
New York CPLR Section 7515, passed in 2018, prohibits mandatory arbitration of “any allegation or claim of discrimination.” Last week, Chief Judge Colleen McMahon of the United States District Court…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Title VII Prohibits Gay and Transgender Discrimination, SCOTUS Rules
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, in a 6-to-3 decision, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from firing…
Inside Global Tech
French CNIL Publishes Paper on Algorithmic Discrimination
By Anna Sophia Oberschelp de Meneses, Kristof Van Quathem
On June 2, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”) published a paper on algorithmic discrimination prepared by the French independent administrative authority known as “Défenseur des droits”. The paper is…
Texas Employment Lawyer
What to do if You are the Victim of Discrimination at the Workplace
Do you find yourself in a situation where you are being discriminated at work, but you have no idea what to even do beyond going to HR? This is probably…