What does an age discrimination plaintiff have to prove to succeed? Federal employees may have an easier path for proving an age discrimination claim, if we are reading the tea leaves correctly on the Supreme Court’s oral...more
1/23/2020
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Adverse Employment Action ,
Age Discrimination ,
Babb v Wilkie ,
Burden of Proof ,
Burden-Shifting ,
But For Causation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Employees ,
McDonnell Douglas Formula ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Proof ,
Summary Judgment
President-elect Trump’s election injects uncertainty into the Supreme Court’s makeup and its future rulings, including for employment-related cases. Because the Senate has not held confirmation hearings on Merrick Garland,...more
1/23/2017
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Age Discrimination ,
Appeals ,
Discovery ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Judicial Appointments ,
McLane Co. v EEOC ,
Motions to Quash ,
Physical Work Test ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Standard of Review ,
Subpoenas ,
Supreme Court Justices ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
Unduly Burdensome
In June 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its long-awaited opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down bans on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional and legalizing same-sex marriage in every state (135 S....more
Kleiner Perkins emerged victorious last week in their former employee Ellen Pao’s heavily publicized sex discrimination lawsuit when the jury handed down a defense verdict after days of deliberation. Pao filed suit in...more