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Education Law Prof Blog
Racial Harassment Case Moves Forward
By Derek Black
The district court in Fennell v. Marion Independent School Dist., 2013 WL 3994649 (W.D. Texas 2013), held that a lawsuit by three African-American minors, alleging that they were subject to…
Employment Discrimination Report
What Is A “Gabbygail” And A “Spankasaurus” And Why Do We Mention Them?
We were made aware of a recent decision from a federal court filed in Pennsylvania which held, among many other things, that a police lieutenant calling a female detective a…
Employment Law
United States Supreme Court Issues Two Employer-Friendly Decisions With Far-Reaching Impact in Employee Harassment Cases
By Jason R. Finkelstein, Victoria Cioppettini
On June 24, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued two employer-friendly opinions that substantially narrow potential liability for claims of supervisor misconduct and retaliation under Title VII of the…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Pre-Bankruptcy Protection: The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
By Bryan Fears
Some time ago the Washington Post reported that a Southern California debt collection firm was shut down by the Federal Trade Commission for violating debtor harassment laws. This story was…
Employment Discrimination Report
New Discrimination Decisions Favor Employers
Ealier we published an alert just minutes after the Supreme Court handed down two significant Title VII decisions giving pro-business groups a clear victory, and dividing predictably along partisan lines -- the five Republican-appointed…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Key United States Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Labor and Employment for the 2012-2013 Term
EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS Vance v. Ball State University: Narrow Definition of Supervisor in Harassment Suits In Vance, the Supreme Court announced a narrow standard for determining which employees constitute “supervisors” for…
California Employment Law Update
Employers Win Big In Two New U.S. Supreme Court Cases
By Tony Oncidi
Univ. of Tex. S.W. Med. Ctr. v. Nassar, 570 U.S. ___, 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4704 (Jun. 24, 2013) The Supreme Court ruled that a plaintiff asserting retaliation under Title VII of…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Supreme Court Narrows Definition of “Supervisor” Under Title VII
By Gregg Fisch
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court narrowed the definition of “supervisor” for purposes of employment-related claims. Specifically, on Monday, June 24, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled in Vance…
Manufacturing Law Blog
The U.S. Supreme Court Roundup – Part I – The Definition Of “Supervisor” Is Clarified For Purposes Of Title VII Liability
By Robinson+Cole's Manufacturing Law Industry Team
The Manufacturing Law Blog provides timely commentary on issues of importance to manufacturers and distributors. Contributors from the law firm of Robinson & Cole LLP are corporate compliance and litigation…
Employment Law Landscape
U.S. Supreme Court Defines “Supervisor” Status for Purposes of Assessing Harassment Liability Under Title VII
In a Title VII harassment case, an important preliminary question is whether the individual accused of harassment is the employee's supervisor, in which case the employer is strictly liable for…