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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Case About Whether Jurors Can Be Excluded for Religious Beliefs Against Lesbian Plaintiff
By Tracy Thomas
Lawrence Hurley, NBC News, Supreme Court Declines to Weigh Whether Jurors Can Be Excluded for Religious Beliefs in Case Involving Lesbian PlaintiffThe Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider whether…
Pannone Corporate News and Opinion
Case in point: Cleaner brings claims for unfair dismissal and race discrimination after she is sacked for eating a leftover tuna sandwich
Facts of the case Gabriela Rodriguez worked as a cleaner at the offices of Devonshires Solicitors for two years, via contractor Total Clean. She claims she was sacked last year…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
Is the Supreme Court about to expand employer liability under Title VII, and could its decision hamper DEI initiatives?
Jeremy V. Farrell, Esq., jfarrell@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-3938 To prevail on a discrimination claim under Title VII and similar anti-discrimination laws, the employee bringing suit must prove that he or she suffered…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Appellate Court Affirms That Deadlines Are, Well, Deadlines and Locks Out Employee from Proceeding with Discrimination Claim
Employment discrimination claims are often decided on the merits of the claim. Courts routinely have to answer the question: Did the employer discriminate on the basis of a protected class…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
NY Extends Statute of Limitations for Human Rights Law Claims
New York employers: A reminder that effective today (February 15, 2024), the statute of limitations for current or former employees to file administrative complaints with the NYS Division of Human…
Morea Law Blog
New York Extends Statute of Limitations for Discrimination Claims to Three Years
Effective February 15, 2024, the statute of limitations for unlawful discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) becomes three years. Previously only claims for sexual harassment were…
K-12 Legal Insights
U.S. Department of Education Guidance and Resources about Addressing Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of National Origin
By John W. Borkowski, Aleks Ostojic Rushing, Mackenzie Conway
The Biden Administration has made concentrated efforts to address the rise in reports of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and other hate-based or bias-based incidents in schools and on college campuses since the…
Legal Profession Blog
Suit By Expelled Howard Law Student Survives In Part
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge McFadden) dismissed some, but not all, claims brought by an expelled law student against his former schoolHoward University School…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Human Rights Tribunal has jurisdiction in discrimination claims against family welfare agency: court
Indigenous mother's discrimination award set aside, Tribunal will hear claim again
Religion Clause
National Guard General Seeks $1.6M Damages for Antisemitic Harassment and Termination
A suit charging antisemitic discrimination was filed last week in a California state trial court by a retired Brigadier General in the Air National Guard against his former supervisor as…