Topic
Discrimination
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Family
Is There a Judicial Remedy for the Discrimination Same-Sex Couples Face from Their Inability to Marry Earlier?
By K.O. Herston
Is there a judicial remedy for the discrimination same-sex couples face from their inability to marry earlier?
Family Law Prof Blog
Northern Ireland: Discrimination Case Arising From A Cake Decoration
By Family Law
From NBC News:Is the bakery's refusal to decorate a cake with supportive same-sex marriage messages, upon customer's request, a subject of a discrimination lawsuit? A top European court declined Thursday…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
California Investigates the Treatment of Black Women Employees at Google
According to an article published on Business Insider, Google is currently undergoing an investigation by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) for alleged harassment and discrimination against…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Beginnings: A Feminist Evaluation of Gendered Stigma in the Modern Legal Profession
New Beginnings: A Feminist Evaluation of Gendered Stigma in the Modern Legal ProfessionBy: Amanda M. FisherPublished in: Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy, Volume 19:1The modern woman lawyer faces…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Banning the Full-Face Veil: Freedom of Religion and Non-Discrimination in the Human Rights Committee and the ECHR
By Jamie Abrams
Sarah H. Cleveland has published her article Banning the Full-Face Veil: Freedom of Religion and Non-Discrimination in the Human Rights Committee and the European Court of Human Rights in volume…
Legal Profession Blog
“Utterly Intolerable”
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department reversed the dismissal of a defaulted complaint and reinstated the matter for a hearing on damagesIn her uncontroverted complaint and…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB looking for whistleblowers to report potential discrimination arising from the use of artificial intelligence
In their June 2021 request for information regarding financial institutions’ use of artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning, the CFPB and federal banking regulators flagged fair lending concerns as one…
California Employment Law Update
Los Angeles Jury Hands $155 Million Holiday Gift to Fired Insurance Executive
By Tony Oncidi, Philippe A. Lebel, Morgan Peterson
As we recently reported, California juries continue to award massive verdicts to employees with alarming regularity. And, just in time for the holidays, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury upped the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
First Federal Legislation on Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Reintroduced into Congress
By Tracy Thomas
First Federal Legislation on Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Reintroduced into CongressOn Wednesday, the first comprehensive federal legislation on workplace harassment and discrimination was reintroduced in Congress. The Bringing an End…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
New Book: The Racial Muslim – When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom
America is a bastion of religious freedom, a land where persecuted religious minorities find refuge from the tyranny of the majority. So goes the narrative that is taught in schools…