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Discrimination
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Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Rejecting the Second Circuit, the Sixth Circuit Opts to Cover More Employers Under Discrimination Law
In a case of first impression, last week the Sixth Circuit addressed the scope of the term “employee,” in the volunteer context under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
ACLU of North Carolina Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging State’s Discriminatory Rejection of “Respect Choice” License Plate
ACLU press release: ACLU of North Carolina Files Lawsuit Challenging Discriminatory License Plate Scheme: State Authorizes Anti-Choice License Plate While Expressly Refusing Pro-Choice Alternative, In Clear Violation of the…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit To Hear Michigan Affirmative Action Case En Banc
On September 9, 2011, the Sixth Circuit voted to rehear en banc the panel decision in Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by…
Labor Law Prof Blog
I’m easily distracted on the way to (what I aspire to be) deeper thoughts, and my most recent distraction has been italics. To be precise, Justice Scalia’s use of…
Employment Discrimination Report
Should Employers Eliminate Pre-Employment Skills Tests?
"Pre-employment Tests" "Disparate Impact" OFCCP
Texas Employer Handbook
“Ugly” Ain’t a Protected Class
Following in the footsteps of Steven D. Levitt, economist and eccentric author of Freakonomics, Daniel Hamermesh has reduced the effect of being "ugly" to its monetary cost: $230,000.00. That is supposedly the lifetime earning…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
Jason R. Bent, The Telltale Sign of Discrimination: Probabilities, Information Asymmetries, and the Systemic Disparate Treatment Theory, 44 J. L. Reform 797 (2011).Carlo A. Pedrioli, Respecting Language as Part of…
International Law Prof Blog
New Video Shows Contributions of American Muslims
A group promoting tolerance and increased understanding has produced a short video about Muslims in America, a group that has been unfairly attacked and about which a great deal of misinformation…
PropertyProf Blog
Bybee on Fair Lending
By propertyprof
Jared Bybee (NYU fellow) has posted Fair Lending 2.0: A Borrower-Based Solution to Discrimination in Mortgage Lending on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Fair lending promises that borrowers of similar credit profiles…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Court: No Injury by Employer = No Standing = No Case
The running joke by employment lawyers is that even though Connecticut is an at-will employment state, employees can sue their employers at any time for any reason or no reason…