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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Plaintiff’s “Paramour Preference” Plan Panned: 9th Circuit Finds Romantic Relationship Not Enough to Show Discrimination Against...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/9/2021

In another chapter in litigation alliteration, in Maner v. Dignity Health, f/k/a Catholic Healthcare West, the Ninth Circuit held that a male employee’s theory that his supervisor’s long-term romantic relationship with a...more

Guess Who You Should Never Invite to Dinner? What We Can Learn From Sexual Harassment Claims in the News

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/25/2017

Sexual harassment—we have policies against it, we train people on how to prevent and report it, and yet still we have big news stories about it. In the last year, Fox News hit the headlines on this front multiple times–not...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: February 2016 #3

Zelle LLP on 2/17/2016

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia dominated the news over the long weekend. Whether you agreed with him or not, Justice Scalia’s impact on employment law was significant. From his scathing dissent in UPS v. Young to his...more

Tales From The Crypt - Rule No. 10 – There Is No “I(Ntegrity)” In Team - Part I

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 5/7/2014

Ed. Note-today we begin a two-part series from the Two Tough Cookies about some of the toughest choices a compliance practitioner may face. As important as this message is for the compliance practitioner, I hope that this...more

Retail Industry Update, No. 2, June 2013: Handling Misconduct By (Someone Else's) Employees

Fisher Phillips on 6/10/2013

In “Legally Blonde,” Reese Witherspoon’s hairdresser catches the eye of her crush, the sexy delivery driver. In spite of starting with an awkward misfire with the hairdresser smacking the delivery driver in the nose, the...more

Time To Say Goodbye (For Now)

FordHarrison on 5/31/2013

Series Litigation Value: various harassment, discrimination, and bizarre workers’ compensation matters = astronomical; future employment matters due to Dwight taking over as Regional Manager = enough to keep Dunder Mifflin’s...more

Just in Time for Valentine’s Day: When Employees Place Bets in the Workplace Dating Pool…

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/6/2013

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”—Aristotle “The quickest way to a man’s heart is through his chest.”—Rosanne Barr Okay, so, in college I was good friends with this girl on the dorm...more

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