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Retaliation
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MS Litigation Review & Commentary
$100,000 Jury Verdict in Lee County Retaliation Case
On November 21, 2019, a Lee County jury returned a $100,000 verdict in Walters v. Brandi's Hope Community Services, LLC. The jury found BHCS fired Plaintiff Heather Walters for reporting…
Religion Clause
6th Circuit Rules In Firefighter’s Claim of Retaliation for Religious Speech
In Hudson v. City of Highland Park, Michigan, (6th Cir., Nov. 22, 2019), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in part reversed a district court's dismissal of claims by a…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Failed To Present Sufficient Evidence At Trial To Support Retaliation Claim
By Tony Oncidi
Nejadian v. County of Los Angeles, 40 Cal. App. 5th 703 (2019) Patrick Nejadian sued his former employer, the County of Los Angeles, for age discrimination and retaliation and was…
California Employment Law Update
College Professor Was Retaliated Against For Complaining About Hostile Environment
By Tony Oncidi
Gupta v. Trustees of the Cal. State Univ., 40 Cal. App. 5th 510 (2019) Rashmi Gupta was denied a promotion to associate professor and lifetime tenure at San Francisco State…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Retaliation in the #MeToo Era
By Tracy Thomas
Nicole Porter, Relationships and Retaliation in the #MeToo Era, Florida Law Review (forthcoming)In this #MeToo era, so much important work is being done (and so many stories are being told and…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
Employers, Retaliating Against An Employee Who Discloses a Disability Is a Sure Way To Get Sued
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Let’s start with this fun fact: retaliation is the most frequently filed discrimination claim. Need proof? I’ll provide some statistics from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Labor & Employment Insights
For Whom the Whistle Blows: Preventing Retaliation Is Serious Business
Various federal statutes contain whistleblower provisions that protect employees who raise or report concerns that range from workplace safety, securities laws violation, or false claims submitted to the federal government.…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
How To Prevent and Correct Sexual Harassment By Customers
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Employers, we know that you are trying your hardest to prevent sexual (and other unlawful) harassment in your workplace. You’re training your supervisors, employees, and, in…
Employment Law Lookout
Second Circuit Rules Against Plaintiff in AutoZone Case and Allows Nixing of her Deposition
By Dion L. Beatty and Erin Dougherty Foley Seyfarth Synopsis: In affirming summary judgment in favor of AutoZone, the Second Circuit rules that a sales associate did not provide enough…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Employee fired for stacking his intermittent FMLA leave with vacation days loses retaliation claim
Kevin LaBelle, a lab technician for Cleveland Cliffs, took occasional days off from work for approved intermittent FMLA leave for flare-ups related to a shoulder injury. His employer noticed that…