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Discrimination
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BeLabor the Point
Court Says $2.5 Million Discrimination Case Should Have Never Gone to the Jury
Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal recently reversed a hefty jury verdict in favor of the employee and directed the trial court to enter final judgment in favor of Florida…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Survey Says: LGBT Employees Should Announce Their Orientation
Michael Maslanka over at Work Matters has a terrific summary of the Harvard Business Review article For LGBT Workers, Being ‘Out’ Brings Advantages. Here's an excerpt from the HBR article:Our…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Imagine If There’s No CHRO. It’s Not Easy If You Try.
Imagine there's no ..... A few years ago it would have been unfathomable to be considering life in Connecticut without a Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. After all, it…
Supreme Court Update
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes (10-277), American Electric Power v. Connecticut (10-174) and Order List
By Kim Rinehart
Greetings, Court fans! We're back with in-depth coverage of yesterday's two most noteworthy decisions as well as the Court's recent orders. Monday's featured fight was Big Box vs. Big Class,…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Wal-Mart v. Dukes: What The Class-Action Decision Really Means for Employers
Over the last 24 hours, there's been a lot written about the Supreme Court's decision yesterday in Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes. Frankly, all of them are starting to say the…
Employment Discrimination Report
Illinois Civil Unions: What Does This Mean for Employers?
As of June 1, 2011, gay couples in Illinois may now enter into civil unions. Under the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, "party to a civil union" is…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Golf Still Means “Gentlemen Only” or Maybe “White Gentlemen Only”
While only tangentially related to employment (in this case, employment as a judge) the 6th Circuit's recent embarrassing dispute about judicial ethics casts light on how difficult it can be to prove racial or…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Just As We Predicted Back in March, the Sixth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc in the Lewis Case Involving Discrimination Claims Under the ADA
Back in March, when we reported on the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Lewis v. Humboldt Acquisition Corp, No. 09-6381 (6th Cir. Mar. 17, 2011) (PDF), we noted that Lewis was “one…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Law and the Legitimation of Discrimination
The annual meeting of Law & Society is this week in San Francisco. Tomorrow, I am on a panel on "Constructing and Dissolving Boundaries: Federalism and Distribution of Powers." Expect lots…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Huffpost: “Catholic Charities in Rockford Ending Foster Care, Adoptions Over Gay Rights”
There have been occasional scholarly calls to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as a condition for receiving federal tax benefits. For example, Nicholas Mirkay (Widener) has written…