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Fourth Circuit Permits Sex Discrimination Claim Based on Rumors in the Workplace

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The Fourth Circuit put employers on notice in a recent ruling that emphasizes the importance of training supervisors to identify and properly handle gender-based rumors that can lead to hostile work environment claims. ...more

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Single Plant Employment Discrimination Class Survives Dukes Challenge

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A divided panel of the Fourth Circuit ruled that a South Carolina district court judge improperly applied Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes in decertifying disparate treatment and disparate impact claims challenging promotion...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fourth Circuit Orders Class Certification for African-American Steelworkers—Again

For the second time, the Fourth Circuit has determined that African-American employees at a South Carolina steel plant are entitled to Rule 23 class certification. In Brown v. Nucor Corporation and Nucor Steel-Berkeley,...more

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