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Class Action Defense Blog
The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 47: 2024 Preview: Discrimination Class Action Litigation
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associates Zev Grumet-Morris and Derek Franklin with their discussion of…
California Employment Law Update
California State Senate Proposes “Intersectional” Approach to Overlapping Discrimination Claims
By Gregory Knopp, David Gobel, Dixie Morrison
On February 14, 2024, California State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas introduced Senate Bill 1137 (“SB 1137”), a bill that would make California the first state to specifically recognize the concept of…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Singapore Employers, Are Your Hiring Practices in Order for the Next TAFEP Request?
Quick Hits The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) was set up in 2006 by the Ministry of Manpower, the National Trades Union Congress, and the Singapore…
Class Action Defense Blog
Announcing The Launch Of The Duane Morris Discrimination Class Action Review – 2024!
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley Duane Morris Takeaways: Legal compliance to prevent discrimination is a corporate imperative. Companies and business executives operate in the court of…
California Employment Law Blog
Lin v. Kaiser: Understanding Mixed Motive Claims in FEHA Disability Cases
California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) allows for "mixed motive" cases where disability need not be the sole cause but a significant factor in employment decisions. Lin v. Kaiser…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
Rose-Colored Glasses Don’t Save Plaintiff’s Discrimination Claim
Establishing that an employer’s stated legitimate reason for an adverse action is a “pretext” for discrimination requires more than a former employee’s word for it.So held the United States Court…
Religion Clause
Title VI Claims Against Universities Proliferate Since Israel-Gaza Conflict
As previously reported, in November 2023 the Department of Education issued a "Dear Colleague" letter in response to rising levels of antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents at schools and colleges since…
Law and the Workplace
Fifth Circuit Vacates $365 Million Punitive Damages Award for Title VII Discrimination and Retaliation Claims
By Nigel F. Telman, Dakota D. Treece, Atoyia Harris
In Harris v. FedEx Corp. Servs., Inc., No. 23-2003, a Fifth Circuit panel vacated a $365 million punitive damages award in race discrimination and retaliation case, finding that the plaintiff…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
One Word Changed It All
Allen v Thompson 2024 NY Slip Op 00929 Decided on February 22, 2024 Appellate Division, First Department, in what may be a pyrrhic victory (Defendant attorney is pro-se), is an…
Legal Profession Blog
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The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department affirmed the denial of a motion to dismiss a legal malpractice and breach of contract claimIn this case, plaintiff alleges…