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Discrimination
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Workforce Bulletin
NY Court of Appeals Limits Liability for Discrimination Based on Criminal History to Employers, and Non-Employers Who Aid or Abet Such Discrimination
By Patrick G. Brady, Julie Saker Schlegel
As a follow-up to our blog post from April 24, 2017, the New York Court of Appeals has issued its decision in Griffin v. Sirva, addressing the questions certified by…
SDNY Blog
Judge Netburn Refuses New Yorker Magazine’s Request for Ray Kelly’s Deposition Because Appeal Divested Her of Jurisdiction
On Friday, Judge Netburn rejected the New Yorker magazine’s letter request to release a sealed deposition of former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly, in a case brought by Muslim officer who…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Sperino & Thomas: New Book on Enforcing Employment Laws
Congratulations to Sandra Sperino (Cincinnati) and Suja Thomas (Illinois) on the publication of their new book Unequal: How America’s Courts Undermine Discrimination Law (Oxford Univ. Press May 2017). Here's a description…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Citing Statistics, Yankee Institute Critical of CHRO — Again
This week, the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, a self-described "free market" think tank, issued an article suggesting that Connecticut had nearly the same number of discrimination complaints as our…
Employment & Labor
Dueling Fifth Circuit Panel Deadlocks, No Rehearing For Bass Pro In “Big Fish” EEOC Case
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher J. DeGroff, and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: After a Fifth Circuit decision affirming a ruling by a U.S. District Court in Texas allowed…
TortsProf Blog
Avraham & Yuracko on Torts and Discrimination
Ronen Avraham and Kim Yuracko have posted to SSRN Torts and Discrimination. The abstract provides:Current tort law contains incentives to target individuals and communities based on race and gender. Surprisingly,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Montana Legislature Rejects ABA Ethics Rule Prohibiting Discrimination and Harassment
By Tracy Thomas
Montana Legislature Says ABA Model Rule on Discrimination and Harassment Violates First AmendmentA joint resolution passed Wednesday by the Montana state legislature condemns the ABA’s Model Rule 8.4(g) as a…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Philly Wage Ordinance on Hold . . . For Now
Q. I understand that the Philadelphia Wage Ordinance was supposed to go into effect soon. Do I need to take action to comply now? A. As we blogged previously, the…
Employment & Labor
Do Companies Aid and Abet Discrimination by Conducting Background Checks on Independent Contractors?
Our colleagues Patrick G. Brady and Julie Saker Schlegel, at Epstein Becker Green, have a post on the Retail Labor and Employment Law blog that will be of interest to…
Employment Law Worldview
Indirect discrimination – you know what they say about statistics
A labour lawyer will always get a little shiver of excitement when an employment matter makes it all the way to the Supreme Court. It is a bit like the…