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Appellate Advocacy Blog
Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup Friday, March 17, 2023
Each week, the Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup presents a few tidbits of news and Twitter posts from the past week concerning appellate advocacy. As always, if you see something…
Employment Law Lookout
EEOC Releases Its Internal Report Card: Revelations From The Commission’s Annual Performance Report
By Christopher DeGroff, Andrew Scroggins, Sarah Bauman, and James Nasiri Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 13, 2022, the EEOC released its fiscal year (“FY”) 2022 performance report (“APR”). The APR is the EEOC’s own “report card.” It…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Transforming Legal Determinations of Sex from Biology to Gender Identity
By Tracy Thomas
Noa Ben-Asher, Transforming Legal Sex, NC L. Rev (forthcoming)Legal Sex in the U.S. is in the final stages of a dramatic transformation. This Article begins by charting this transformation. By…
Workforce Bulletin
Michigan Becomes 24th State to Protect LGBQT+ Employees Under Civil Rights Law
By Adam S. Forman, Angel A. Perez
On March 8, 2023, the Michigan Legislature passed Senate Bill 4, amending the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), and adding protections for individuals based on their sexual orientation, gender…
Employment Law Worldview
New GCC rules for employers, Part 1 (UAE)
By Sarah Lawrence, Habib Saeed
A number of changes were introduced across the Gulf Cooperation Council states during the course of 2022 (several of which have now been implemented, while some are due to take…
New York City Law Blog
Are gendered dress codes discriminatory?
Several states, including New York, have implemented laws to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and expression. Despite these efforts, rigid gendered guidelines continue to permeate many facets of society.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Antitrust from Immigrants and Undocumented People by Gregory Day
Antitrust from Immigrants and Undocumented People by Gregory Day, Cornell Law Review, ForthcomingAbstractImmigrants and undocumented people encounter discrimination because they compete against “native” businesses and workers. When protectionism leads to discrimination,…
All Things HR
Gantt V. Harris County: How Death Does Not Dismiss a TCHRA Case under the Texas Survivorship Statute
The Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”) was enacted to “provide for the execution of the policies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Marcy Karin on “Addressing Periods at Work”
By Jamie Abrams
Marcy Karin has published Addressing Periods at Work in volume 16 of the Harvard Law and Policy Review (2022). The abstract reads: Structural workplace changes are needed to acknowledge, anticipate, and accommodate…
Simple Justice
A Team Player
One of the earliest reactions to Title VII of the Civil Rights Law of 1964 dealt with whether customer preference constituted a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ), an exception built…