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• Law Firm Homophobia: Ex-Fried Frank Associate Sues Firm, Claiming Harassment, Phony Reviews

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 445
  I have looked at the homophobia that still permeates much of the legal profession - particularly outside of truly major metropolitan areas - in prior posts. However, even some law firms in the largest cities may still have their prejudices. One potential example is Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson ...
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• 3rd Cir: Gross ADEA Decision Does Not Eliminate McDonnell Douglas Framework

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 538
  In line with an increasing consensus among the appellate courts, the Third Circuit found in Smith v. City of Allentown (3rd Cir 12/22/2009), that the Supreme Courts controversial Gross decision does not eliminate the McDonnell Douglas framework in Age Discrimination...
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• State Dept. Argues for Continuation of Mandatory Retirement Age for Foreign Service

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 538
  This is disappointing. As reported by the Blog of the Legal Times: The State Department filed its motion to dismiss a case challenging the U.S. Foreign Services mandatory retirement policy, arguing the age cutoff was a valid piece of Congressional...
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• NYC Human Rights Law Broadly Interpreted

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 140
  Lampner v. Pryer Cashman, ___Misc.3d___(Kings Co. Nov. 6, 2009), demonstrates the importance of state employment discrimination law. The court in refusing to dismiss the complaint, described how New York law is more liberal than the federal counter part: The core...
  2 days ago

• NYT Supports Nadler Legislation to Restore Court Access

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  The New York Times’ editorial board weighs in today in favor of Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) proposed legislation to effectively overturn two recent Supreme Court cases that significantly narrowed the ability of many victims to have their day in court. Congress has held two hearings already on the cases ...
  3 days ago

• No-No Questions On Employment Interviews

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 140
  KRNTV News 4 ran an interesting story which summarized the types of questions that should not be asked at interviews. That story is available here. All of this should be obvious, but maybe its not. Mitchell H. Rubinstein
  6 days ago

• Hart on Supreme Court Extremism

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 538
  Melissa Hart (Colorado) has just posted on SSRN her article (12 Employee Rights & Employment Policy J. 253) Procedural Extremism: The Supreme Courts 2008-2009 Labor and Employment Cases. Heres the abstract: It has become nearly a commonplace to say that...
  1 week ago

• Article of Interest: Diversity and Discrimination: A Look at Complex Bias by Minna Kotkin

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 161
  Back in September, I posted an entry about the Seventh Circuit’s failure to recognize a “sex plus” or “gender plus” theory of discrimination in its recent opinion in Coffman v. Indianapolis Fire Dept. , 2009 WL 2525762 (7th Cir. 2009), a case in which a firefighter claimed that she was intentionally ...
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• Title VII Arbitration Nuked for Govt Contractors and Subs

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 538
  Michael Fox has an extensive post over at Jottings by an Employers Lawyer on the Franken Amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill. The Amendment bans predispute arbitration agreements pertaining to all Title VII claims and to any tort arising out...
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• Judge Sanctions Firm That Sued Adversary in Sex Discrimination Su

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 140
  A well known NYC large law firm was sanctioned. The decision is Abrams v. Pecile, 110329/09. A law.com article about this New York lower court decision is available here. Mitchell H. Rubinstein
  1 week ago

• New Report from the Center for WorkLife Law: The Growth of State and Local Laws Prohibiting Family Responsibilities Discrimination

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 538
  Stephanie Bornstein, Associate Director of the Center for Worklaw Life at Hastings Law, sends us news of a New Report from the Center for WorkLife Law: Caregivers as a Protected Class?: The Growth of State and Local Laws Prohibiting Family...
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• 9th Circuit: No Compensatory or Punitive Damages in ADA Retalitation Cases

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 538
  The Ninth Circuit adopted the view of the Seventh Circuit and ruled that when a plaintiff brings a retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, compensatory and punitive damages are not available, nor is a jury trial. See Alvarado...
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• Adverse changes in the employees’ working environment following their involvement in a protected activity deemed a “constructive discharged”

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 140
  Albunio v City of New York, 2009 NY Slip Op 07928, Decided on November 5, 2009, Appellate Division, First Department Following a jury trial, New York State Supreme Court, Judge Martin Shulman awarded Robert Sorrenti $491,706 plus attorneys fees in...
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• Long on Thompson Third-Party Retaliation Case Update

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 538
  From the king of all things "retaliation against an employers family or friends," Alex Long (Tennessee), who has written previously on this topic, has the latest update on the Thompson case: SCOTUSblog reports that the Supreme Court has invited the...
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• Employment Discrimination in the Senate Health Care Bill

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 732
  The Senate health care bill includes a well-known “employer mandate” provision that would require employers to offer “qualified” health plan and pay 60% of the premium, or pay an annual tax penalty of $750 per full-time employee. What is less well-known is that the provision would also tax companies even if ...
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• Pregnant employee ineligible for additional leave, discharge not pretextual

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 140
  Greenlee v J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc, ___So. Ed. 2d___(Arkansas October 22, 2009), is an interesting Arkansas state supreme court decision. Plaintiff, who had been on the job less than six months, and who had already been given thirty days...
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• One Step Closer To Filling Out The EEOC

  
  Gender & Sexuality Law Blog — Authority: 458
  Late this week t he Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee voted out in a bundle the Obama Administration’s Nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (as well as nominees to the Corporation for National and Community Service, the National Council on the Humanities, the ...
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• Continued Homophobia in the Legal Profession

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 445
  ENDA appears to be going nowhere this year and as a result LGBT employees in a majority of states - including ever backwards Virginia - will continue to have no employment non-discrimination protections. That includes LGBT attorneys and paralegals who either cannot get hired by law firms in the first place or who ...
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• $300,000 For Mental Anguish Under NY Employment Disco Law

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 140
  I bring Hartley Catering v. NYSDHR,___A.D.3d___(2d Dept. Oct. 27, 2009), to remind lawyers not to forget state law. It may provide some pleasant surprises. Unfortunately, the decision is a bit brief so we do not know much in the way...
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• Employment Law Issues

  
  Akron Law Caf — Authority: 475
    I was laid off from my job and I am 7 ½ months pregnant.  They said the reason was because they were over staffed.  Is this legal? I am trying to find a statute stating that the employer does not have to pay the final pay check of employee who stole cash from the company.  Do I have to give this thief ...
  2 weeks ago

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