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“And” Or “Or” – This Ninth Circuit Opinion Highlights The Difference

Allen Matkins on 3/14/2017

“And” and “or” are classified as conjunctions. They are classified as such because they yoke together words, phrases, clauses and sometimes even sentences. They are not interchangeable, however, as illustrated by the recent...more

Hugging Can Create a Hostile Work Environment, Ninth Circuit Rules—Are Your Employees Aware?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/28/2017

“He’s just the hugging type”—we have all heard one time or another in the workplace. But is there a limit to platonic hugging in the workplace? The Ninth Circuit recently ruled there is....more

Second Circuit Refines Title VII Pleading Standard

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/15/2015

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently remanded a former employee’s racial discrimination lawsuit brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In Littlejohn v. City of New York, No. 14-1395 (August 3, 2015),...more

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Hostile Environment › Public Employers

“And” Or “Or” – This Ninth Circuit Opinion Highlights The Difference

Hugging Can Create a Hostile Work Environment, Ninth Circuit Rules—Are Your Employees Aware?

Second Circuit Refines Title VII Pleading Standard

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