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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Autonomy Hierarchy
By Tracy Thomas
Meghan Boone, The Autonomy Hierarchy, 22 Tex. J. Civ. Liberties & Civ. Rgts 1 (2016)The Supreme Court decided two cases in Spring 2015 – Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. and…
HR Law Talk
Chris Lazarini Comments on Direct vs. Circumstantial Evidence in Discrimination Case
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini commented on a case in which a former financial advisor of JPMS claimed his employment was terminated based on racial discrimination. Through application…
ImmigrationProf Blog
‘I’m Not A Racist, I’m Argentine!’: Racism in the Latina/o Community
On this week's episode of NPR's Code Switch, a viral video gives us the opportunity to talk about racism towards and within the Latino community. When a Latino flipped over…
The Labor Dish
Shakespeare Sheds Light on Liability for Abetting Discrimination
By DLA Piper
Over 500 years after his death, Shakespeare’s works continue to be a touchstone for legal analysis and critique. A fool’s errand it would be to attempt to catalog the legal issues…
Employment & Labor
Summary Judgment Denied For Employer Who Circulated Letter About Employee’s Disability Discrimination Charge
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: After an employer circulated a letter to 146 employees discussing an employee’s EEOC Charge that alleged discrimination on…
Human Rights at Home Blog
The Other Side of Othering
by Jonathan TodresIn politics and popular culture, we’ve always had villains, devalued enemies, and others who purportedly stand for everything we are not. They enable us to see ourselves as…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Allies Along The Way
By Prof. Justine DunlapIn the land of “who’da thunk it,” I find myself voluntarily associating with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mitt Romney, and Charles Krauthammer. I hereby claim them as allies who…
Law and the Workplace
Seventh Circuit: EEOC May Continue Investigation After Dismissal of Private Lawsuit
By Amanda Wiley, Steven J. Pearlman
The Seventh Circuit recently concluded that the EEOC’s investigative powers do not end when a lawsuit related to the originating charge ends. EEOC v. Union Pacific, No. 15-cv-3452 (Aug. 15,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Additional Law Profs Intervene in Gender Pay Discrimination Suit Agst Denver Law
By Tracy Thomas
Duvivier and Sterling (Associate Dean of Faculty Development) Join Lawsuit Alleging Gender Discrimination in Faculty Salaries at Denver Law SchoolA pay discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of women law professors against the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Federal Court Rules that Arizona School Officials Acted With a Discriminatory Intent in Eliminating Mexican American Studies
NPR reports on a big case from Arizona, home of the infamous S.B. 1070. Arizona has a long history of discrimination against persons of Mexican ancestry. Indeed, the Tucson School…