On January 13, 2022, in Waters v. Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc., the First Circuit Court of Appeals became the third federal appellate court to address the application of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in...more
On January 5, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in Kellogg v. Ball State University that expanded the scope of potential evidence plaintiffs may rely on to support their Equal Pay Act...more
2/3/2021
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Educational Institutions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay ,
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Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Lilly Ledbetter ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Reversal ,
State Labor Laws ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
As the pandemic continues, a segment of individuals who contracted COVID-19 reports that they have not experienced a quick recovery. Rather, they are continuing to suffer symptoms months after initial onset of the disease....more
10/15/2020
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
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Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Workplace Safety
In a matter of first impression before the court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held in Richardson v. Chicago Transit Authority, Nos. 17-3508 and 18-2199 (June 12, 2019), that obesity is not a...more
7/1/2019
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Adverse Employment Action ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
First Impression ,
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Obesity ,
Protected Class
For the first time since a 2012 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals elaborated on and applied the Supreme Court’s four-factor analysis to determine whether a position is...more