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Discrimination
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PropertyProf Blog
Singer on Property Law and Religion in Public Accomodations
By Chris Odinet
Joe Singer (Harvard) has posted Property and Sovereignty Imbricated: Why Religion Is Not an Excuse to Discriminate in Public Accommodations (Theoretical Inquiries in Law) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:May a…
The Law for Lawyers Today
No privilege for GC’s e-mails on company computer; but may be work product, NY court holds
By Karen Rubin, Nancy M. Barnes
The former general counsel for clothing retail giant Zara USA, Inc. can't claim privilege in his discrimination-wrongful discharge suit for e-mails he created on a company-issued computer, said New York's…
The Right Coast
Anti-Semitism Is Creeping Into Progressivism | Time.com
Last weekend, organizers of a gay pride parade in Chicago ejected three people carrying pride flags emblazoned with a Jewish Star of David. Subsequent bizarre statements attempting to rationalize their…
Employment Law Worldview
Putting your money where your mouth is – are injured feelings index-linked?
Through a long and not very relevant series of arguments, the Court of Appeal in De Souza - v - Vinci Construction (UK) Limited has just decided that in effect…
K-12 Legal Insights
OCR Issues New Guidance Seeking to Address Transgender Student Complaints
By Aleks Ostojic Rushing, John W. Borkowski
On June 6, 2017, Candice Jackson, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Education, sent the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Regional Directors a memorandum outlining…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Race, Gender, and Age Discrimination Among Attorneys
A recent article in the Social Science Quarterly, entitled Intersecting Disadvantages: Race, Gender, and Age Discrimination Among Attorneys, conducts a "systematic study that takes an 'intersectional' approach to understanding how attorneys experience discrimination by…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Racism in the Credit Card Industry
A new article by Professor Andrea Freeman examines how credit card companies exploit the economic necessity of owning a credit card to engage in discriminatory and predatory practices against Black…
Labor Law Prof Blog
EEOC on 50th Anniversary of ADEA
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ADEA, the EEOC brought together experts on age discrimination from a number of different disciplines. The panel looked at the continuing problem of…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS OT16 Symposium: Does the Status-Conduct Distinction in Trinity Lutheran Church lend support to the baker in Masterpiece Cakeshop?
Main Monday, June 26, 2017SCOTUS OT16 Symposium: Does the Status-Conduct Distinction in Trinity Lutheran Church lend support to the baker in Masterpiece Cakeshop?Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, decided today, rests…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Hot Off The Press! DFEH’s Annual Report
Seyfarth Synopsis: California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing has just issued its Annual Report on civil rights complaints during 2016. Here are some highlights. The DFEH hails as the…