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Discrimination
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San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Temp Agency Uses Codewords for Minorities
According to the ABA Bar Journal, the EEOC settled a case against a temp agency in Ohio. The agency used code words to describe the racial background of potential employees.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Columnist Argues Mortgage Companies Should Discriminate, Even Against Those on Parental Leave, to Limit Risk
The Atlantic: Mortgage Companies Should Discriminate, by Daniel Indiviglio: Lately, there have been several news stories chastising mortgage companies for taking new measures to discriminate among borrowers. Fannie Mae was…
ImmigrationProf Blog
ACLU Challenges Fremont, Nebraska Ordinance
The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU Nebraska filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of landlords, tenants and employers in Fremont, Nebraska challenging a discriminatory law that seeks to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NY Timeseditorial praising new laws on hiring former offenders
Main July 21, 2010NY Times editorial praising new laws on hiring former offenders The New York Times this morning has this notable new editorial headlined "Hiring and Fairness." Here are…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Mortgage Lenders Reluctant to Lend to Prospective Borrowers on Maternity or Paternity Leave
NY Times: Seeking a Mortgage? Don’t Get Pregnant, by Tara Siegel Bernard:Expectant parents shopping for a home are not the only ones concerned about the date of the baby’s arrival.…
Alabama Employment Law Report
Social Media Update: The Stories Keep Coming In
Social networking sites continue to cause problems for many employees, including attorneys. In a recent article entitled "Lawyers "step in it" Through Social Media Incompetence", a number of stories are…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Ministerial Exception Given Expansive Reading by 10th Circuit
A recent article by Tresa Baldas in the National Law Journal discusses an opinion by the 10th Circuit, Skrzypczak v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa Inc., which found a church…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Undocumented Immigrants (Black)LIsted in Utah
Just when you think that you have seen the worst when it comes to the anti-immigrant movement in the United States . . . UPI reports that "Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Legal writing specialist appeals dismissal of complaint alleging discrimination
It seems that there have been a number of recent lawsuits involving legal writing profs (several of which we've reported here over the last 12 months). Is that truly the…
The Right Coast
Iowa law school legal writing faculty candidate sues Tom Smith
Says she was discriminated against for her conservative political views. And there's a bit of a smoking gun in the record.