Topic
Discrimination
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Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB Agrees to Pay $6M to Settle Discrimination Claims by Black and Hispanic Employees
After nearly a decade of litigation, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has approved the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $6.0 million settlement…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
A Recent Report Explains Discrimination Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Workers Is Pervasive
Over the past few months, at the behest of New York Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has been quietly gathering metrics about the experience…
ContractsProf Blog
Breach of a Non-Disparagement Clause After Employment Discrimination Claim Settles
In October 2019, after serving for two years as Vice President of Program and Community at the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Dr. Terri Wright was fired by the…
Religion Clause
Defamation Claim Not Subject to Ministerial Exception Doctrine; Discrimination and Contract Claims Are
In Uzomechina v. Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, (D NJ, Jan. 18, 2024), a New Jersey federal district court held that the ministerial exception doctrine requires the court to dismiss racial…
Journal of Medical Ethics Blog
Could a potential cure for morning sickness actually lead to more discrimination for pregnant women?
By Hazem Zohny
By Frances Hand. Scientific research has recently been published which explains why almost 80% of women experience morning sickness during pregnancy. This study revealed a causal link between foetal production…
eDiscovery Watch
Preservation of Text Messages and Personal Devices
Facts In Miramontes v. Peraton Inc., an employment discrimination case, plaintiff moved for sanctions against defendant for its failure to preserve text messages and a skills assessment related to plaintiff’s…
Perkins on Privacy
FTC Signals Tough Line in First AI Discrimination Case Under Section 5
By Erin K. Earl, Janis Kestenbaum, Michael Bleicher, Saroop Sandhu
The Federal Trade Commission announced its first enforcement action alleging that discriminatory use of artificial intelligence was an unfair practice under Section 5 of the FTC Act on December 19,…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
DEI Under Scrutiny, Part IV: Could the ‘Background Circumstances’ Rule for Discrimination Be Primed for Supreme Court Review?
By Publisher, Linda S. Goldman, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits A recent Sixth Circuit case highlights questions over heightened evidentiary requirements for plaintiffs from “majority” groups (e.g., white, heterosexual, male) in a number of circuits, including at least…
PrawfsBlawg
Zionist Doctors, Again
Main Wednesday, January 03, 2024Zionist Doctors, AgainSaira Rao, a former Democratic congressional aspirant and self-proclaimed progressive, has tweeted:Realizing how many American doctors and nurses are Zionists and genuinely terrified for…
Religion Clause
Indian Court Bars Exclusion of Scheduled Caste from Temple Festival
Last week in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court issued an order to prevent members of a Scheduled Caste from being excluded from a Temple Festival.…