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Discrimination
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Law and the Workplace
Job Applicant’s Algorithmic Bias Discrimination Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss
By Evandro Gigante, Edward Young, Ren Morris
In a recent development in Mobley vs. Workday, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied in part Workday, Inc.’s (“Workday”) Motion to Dismiss, allowing…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
“You’re Too Entitled and Lazy To Work Here!” (Hint: What is Youngism?)
Gen Z folks may recognize these labels, and Millennials may recognize the generational insult that they “spend too much on lattes and avocado toast.”But beyond just labels and insults is…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Daniel Del Gobbo on “Reckoning with Queer History: The Canadian ‘LGBT Purge’ Case and the Limits of Forgiveness”
By Jamie Abrams
Daniel Del Gobbo has posted Reckoning with Queer History: The Canadian 'LGBT Purge' Case and the Limits of Forgiveness on SSRN. This article is forthcoming in Volume 62 of the Osgoode…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
New Jersey Courts Reinforce Limits on Adverse Action for Off‑Duty Marijuana Use
Several recent decisions out of NJ serve as a strong reminder to tread very carefully before taking an adverse action against an applicant or employee for suspected or actual off-duty…
Consumer Finance Monitor
7th Circuit Holds ECOA Protections Apply to Prospective Applicants
In a major win for the CFPB, in CFPB v. Townstone Financial, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Circuit) recently held that the…
Consumer Finance Monitor
New Florida Law Prohibits Banks from Considering Customers’ Political, Religious Beliefs
By Joseph J. Schuster, John L. Culhane, Jr., Alan S. Kaplinsky, Ronald K. Vaske, Ballard CFS Group
A Florida law that prohibits federal and state depository institutions conducting business in the state from denying services based on religion or political beliefs and activities went into effect on…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Managing Political Speech and Tensions in Today’s Workplace
Employers have been on edge about how November's polarizing presidential election may impact their workplace and its culture. Tensions are now further heightened following the attempted assassination of former President…
Religion Clause
2nd Circuit: Trial Court Must Make Further Findings in Wedding Photographer’s Challenge to NY Public Accommodation Law
In Emilee Carpenter, LLC, dba Emilee Carpenter Photography v. James, (2d Cir., July 12, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a New York federal district court's…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
New Data From CHRO Now Available
Long time readers of this blog know how geeky I can be when it comes to the annual report statistics released by the CHRO. Back in 2022, for example, I…
Legal Profession Blog
“Mansplaining”
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge McFadden) in the main declined to dismiss a discrimination complaint brought against the Architect of the CapitolLast spring, the…