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Discrimination
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Employment Discrimination Report
US Sues NJ Staffing Company For Discrimination Under the Immigration and Nationality Act
We seldom write about discrimination law if it is not related to statutes such as Title VII, the ADEA or the ADA, for no other reason than that’s where most…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Malveaux on Sullivan on Iqbal and Employment Discrimination
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Now available on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is an essay by Prof. Suzette Malveaux (Catholic University) entitled Plausibility Pleading and Employment Discrimination. It reviews a recent article by…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Post: Kristie Lewis, Housing discrimination a very real problem for immigrants
The search for fair housing is among the many challenges facing immigrants in the United States. Denying someone housing on the basis of their immigration status or simply because they…
The Faculty Lounge
Intent, Equal Protection and Correcting History
In part of my work, I get to discuss whether criticizing some southern blacks for their meekness in the 1930s was a smart way to empower them to resist state-sponsored…
Workforce Bulletin
Illinois Court Gives EEOC a Boost On Controversial Pre-Lawsuit Techniques
By Kara M. Maciel, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
By Forrest Read In recent years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has taken the aggressive approach of expanding charges it receives from one or a few individuals into…
International Law Prof Blog
International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO)
Marking International Day against Homophobia last week, senior United Nations officials drew attention to laws around the world that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and called…
HR Defense
Premarital Sex is Not Protected Under Title VII – But Pregnancy Is
Premarital sex is not protected activity under Title VII. But it can lead to pregnancy, which is a protected status under Title VII. Which raises the question: can an employer…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Caroline Mala Corbin on Sex and Race Discrimination by Religious Groups
Caroline Mala Corbin (University of Miami Law School) has posted Expanding the Bob Jones Compromise on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Sometimes the right to liberty and the right to equality point in…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC Releases 2011 Statistics Breaking Down Charges Filed By State and Type
The EEOC reported some time ago that it had received a record number charges of discrimination for the fiscal year ending 2011 – almost 100,000 nationwide. The EEOC has just…
Legal Profession Blog
Car Service Misconduct Justifies Termination
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has affirmed the grant of summary judgment to a law firm sued for discrimination by a terminated attorney:In this discrimination…