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Privacy and Cybersecurity
Internet Presence Creates Exposure For Discrimination Claims Under California Law
By Troy Jenkins, Ethan G. Ostroff, Keith J. Barnett
On August 12, the California Supreme Court answered a certified question from the Ninth Circuit, holding in White v. Square, Inc. that a person has standing under the California Unruh…
On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
Appeals court sends wedding videographers’ case to trial on question of discrimination against same-sex couples
By appellate
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled 2-1 on Aug. 23 that Minneapolis filmmakers have a First Amendment right to “choose when to…
Fair Housing Defense
HUD Resolves Race Discrimination Fair Housing Case for $20,000
Pursuant to an agreement released just last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced that it resolved a race discrimination Fair Housing Act (FHA) case for…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
California’s New Hairstyle Antidiscrimination Law May Signal the Beginning of a National Trend
By By Kimya S.P. Johnson, Christopher W. Olmsted
Signaling a growing movement to align culturally inclusive practices with legal protections, California has become the first state to expressly ban discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture associated with…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
OFCCP Announces Proposed Rule on Religious Exemption for Federal Contractors
By By Tina Lam
On August 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) focused on clarifying the civil rights protections…
California Employment Law
Unfair Parental Leave Policies Plague Employers
By Sahara Pynes
Parental leave policies are back in the news. Jones Day, one of the nation's largest law firms, faces legal action claiming its parental leave policy is discriminatory. The policy at…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Jones Day Discrimination Claim
Several discrimination claims against law firms have made the news recently, but this complaint filed against Jones Day on August 13 is a doozy. It involves a married woman and…
Legal Secrets
White v. Square, Inc: Online Services Cannot Discriminate by their Terms of Use
In White v. Square, Inc. S249248 (August 12, 2019), the California Supreme Court held that an online business violated the Unruh Act by discriminating based upon occupation (or other protected…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
One Mama’s Memo: Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Retaliation Policies Must Be Enforced To Be Effective
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Your anti-discrimination, -harassment, and -retaliation policies must be enforced to be effective. It’s likely that this is no news flash, but in practice, people tend to…
Employment Law Spotlight
UPDATE: New York State Expected to Vastly Overhaul Harassment/Discrimination Laws Again
As we reported in our blog post, and our summer newsletter, in late June, the New York Legislature passed a bill that vastly changed the discrimination and harassment landscape for employers.…