Topic
Discrimination
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Consumer Finance Monitor
Why the CFPB’s expansion of its UDAAP authority to target discrimination requires rulemaking
In a new blog post published on the Consumer Law & Policy Blog, Professor Jeff Sovern advocates very strongly in support of interpreting the “unfairness” prong of UDAAP to encompass…
Employment Law Watch
Florida expands definition of “discrimination” and increases employer liability for discrimination in workplace diversity training
By Christina Olivos, Jay Thornton
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that prohibits employers from implementing discriminatory practices in their diversity training programs, effective July 1, 2022. The bill, known as the…
HR Defense
It’s All Over but the Crying: Damages for Emotional Injuries Not Available Under Certain Anti-Discrimination Statutes
By Danya Blair
Healthcare facilities and other entities receiving federal financial assistance can breathe a little easier after a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last week barring the recovery of emotional damages for…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Nonprofit and Former Case Manager Settle Discrimination Suit Over Remote Work Request
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc. and a former case manager have advised a Florida federal court that they have settled their pending court case. Kristina Collado-Fernandez had…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Gender Pay Gap of High-Achieving Women in the Legal Profession
By Tracy Thomas
Milan Markovic & Gabriele Plickert, "The Gender Pay Gap and High-Achieving Women in the Legal Profession" Law and Social Inquiry, ForthcomingAlthough women have made significant strides in the legal profession,…
GT L&E Blog
Judge Rules That Race and LGBT Quotas for Corporate Board Members Violate the California Constitution
By Timothy Long
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge recently ruled that a California law (Assembly Bill 979) requiring California corporations to implement race and LGBT quotas for their board of directors is…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Normative Question of Whether the Law Should be Sex Neutral
By Tracy Thomas
Doriane Lambelet Coleman, Sex Neutrality, 85 Law & Contemporary Problems (2022) This article closes out the volume on Sex in Law in which it appears with reflections on the normative question…
California Employment Law Update
Judge Reduces $137 Million Race Harassment Verdict Against Tesla to $15 Million
By Tony Oncidi, Michelle Lappen
A federal court judge pared down last year’s jaw-dropping $137 million damages award against Tesla in a racial bias lawsuit. As covered previously here, a San Francisco federal court jury…
California Employment Law Update
Spring Showers Bring Job Killer Bills to California
By Sehreen Ladak, Philippe A. Lebel
Pablo Neruda once said “you can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” Likewise, California businesses’ protests against oppressive employment legislation don’t seem to stem the…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Murray: Charities & Discrimination
Ian Murray (University of Western Australia) has published Charities & Discrimination: Is Charity Law Always a Better Solution than Public Policy? in the Nonprofit Policy Forum. Here is the abstract:Discrimination…