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California Employment Law Update
Statute Of Limitations Was Equitably Tolled While Employee Was Pursuing Administrative Remedy
By Tony Oncidi
McDonald v. Antelope Valley Cmty. Coll. Dist., 45 Cal. 4th 88 (2008) Plaintiffs in this case alleged racial harassment, discrimination and retaliation against the District. The trial court granted summary…
Media Law Prof Blog
Discrimination Or Dollars, Off Broadway
Is it all about the money? Or is something more insidious going on? Female playrights say males are more likely to get their work produced off-Broadway, and they are beginning…
Media Law Prof Blog
Former al-Jazeera Employee Loses Discrimination Case
Jo Burgin has lost her wrongful dismissal and discrimination case against al-Jazeera. A London-based tribunal that heard the case issued a unanimous ruling in favor of the network. Read more…
clinicians with not enough to do
Forthcoming Article Challenges Idea that Affirmative Action Stigmatizes Minority Students
By Minna Kotkin
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that an article forthcoming in the California Law Review by Angela Onwuachi-Willig calls into question the common argument that affirmative action hurts the people…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Hendricks on Gender Identity Discrimination
Jennifer Hendricks (Tennessee) has just posted on SSRN her essay (forthcoming Northwestern U.L.R. Colloq.) Instead of ENDA, a Course Correction for Title VII. Here's the abstract:In September 2008, the D.C.…
PropertyProf Blog
Schwemm on Landlord Discrimination
By propertyprof
Robert G. Schwemm (University of Kentucky) has posted Why Do Landlord Still Discriminate (and What Can Be Done About it)? on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This Article deals with the problem…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Battle Continues Between Tribune Columnist and CHRO; Can We Get a Truce?
The sword fight (rather, word fight) between a Connecticut Law Tribune columnist and the CHRO shows no signs of abating (for the previous rounds see my earlier post here). Round Three comes in today's paper…
New Jersey Law Blog
New Expansion of Discrimination/Sexual Harassment Law
In an interesting new development, the Appellate Division of New Jersey, in the matter of Cerdeira v. Martindale Hubbell, Appellate Division A-5855-06T1 (September 18, 2008) has expanded liability for discrimination…
Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
Employer Loses Communication Privilege if ill-will is Shown
By Aaron Morris
California Civil Code Section 47 affords certain privileges that protect a person from liability, even if he speaks or writes something that would otherwise be defamatory. Civil Code section 47,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
LPGA Backs down on English Requirement
In an update on an earlier post by Richard, the LPGA Tour backed off a proposed policy that would have suspended players who could not efficiently speak English. The policy…