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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title VII But For Causation

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Ninth Circuit Adopts But-For Causation Standard in ADA Discrimination Claims

Rejecting the motivating factor causation standard, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declared that the “but-for” standard of causation applies to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) discrimination claims....more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

EEOC Proposes Expansive Enforcement Guidance for Retaliation Claims

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued proposed enforcement guidance regarding retaliation claims. According to the EEOC, the revised guidance is necessary in light of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Causation In Federal Remedial Rights And Alternative Pleading

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Several recent Supreme Court decisions have upended causation standards in the statutory alphabet soup of federal remedial rights. It is now clear that “but for” causation governs discrimination claims under the Age...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision Today - May 2015

In This Issue: - Notes from the Chair and Executive Editor - The Fourth Circuit Asks What For, Answers with But For: The Determination that a Landmark United States Supreme Court Decision Does Not Change Employment...more

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