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Discrimination
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Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Court Rejects “Alter Ego” Doctrine As Basis for Suing Supervisor for Discrimination
The Second Circuit has long held that supervisors cannot be sued in their individual capacity under Title VII. But can an employee do an end run around that by arguing…
La Revue
Selon la Cour de cassation, un diplôme n’est pas nécessairement un élément objectif permettant de choisir entre deux candidats à un poste à pourvoir sans encourir le risque de discriminer…
Cass. soc. 15 décembre 2011, n° 10-15873 Récemment, la Cour de cassation s’est prononcée sur une affaire qui avait défrayé la chronique en 2010, dans laquelle deux salariés, employés pour…
Immigration
OSC Targets Health Care and Other Industries
By Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Written by: Robert S. Groban Jr. The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Special Counsel ("OSC") was established by Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"). The OSC investigates…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Do Harvard and Princeton Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants?
Daniel Golden writes for Bloomberg: The U.S. Education Department is probing complaints that Harvard University and Princeton University discriminate against Asian-Americans in undergraduate admissions.The department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating…
PropertyProf Blog
9th Circuit on the FHA and Roomates
By propertyprof
In an opinion by Judge Kozinski, no less. The case presented the vexing problem of whether a discriminatory preference in an ad for a roommate violated the FHA. The problem,…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Its Hard to Finance a Discrimination Lawsuit
Financing discrimination lawsuits is difficult. The plaintiffs often are unemployed by the time they even find a lawyer. Many potential plaintiffs do not find a lawyer, at all. So, it…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
6th Circuit Reverses District Court for Mismanaging Discovery in Discrimination Case
In Bobo v. United Parcel Service, Inc., the Sixth Circuit ruled that the district court erred in its management of discovery related to Walleon Bobo's discrimination and retaliation claims brought…
Alabama Employment Law Report
EEOC Announces Private Sector Bias Charges Hit All-Time High
Earlier this week, the EEOC issued a press release emphasizing that: 1. Private sector bias charges hit an all-time high in FY 2011. A total of 99,947 charges of employment…
Legal Profession Blog
Latex Allergy Must Be Accommodated By Preschool
In a 5-2 decision, the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed the Court of Special Appeals and found that a parent who suffered from an allergy to latex was discriminated against…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart Decision Holds Title VII Class Not Certifiable for Lack of Commonality and Rejects Rule 23(b)(2) Certification
In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. __, 131 S.Ct. 2541, 180 L.Ed.2d 374 (2011), the Supreme Court held that a Title VII discrimination claim could not be determined…