Following the excitement of the same-sex marriage decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26th, the question remains how much the Opinion may impact Title VII employment discrimination claims. Based on our reading of the...more
7/8/2015
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Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
Equal Protection ,
Marriage ,
Marriage Equality ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
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Same-Sex Marriage ,
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Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
After suffering defeat in the United States Supreme Court, Plaintiffs in Dukes et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. returned to court in California in an attempt to certify a newly defined and smaller class of 150,000 current and...more
8/13/2013
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Class Certification ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Job Promotions ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII ,
Wal-Mart
Earlier this month in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, 133 S. Ct. 1523 (2013), the U.S. Supreme Court held that it is permissible for defendants to “pick off” plaintiffs in FLSA collective actions. In jurisdictions that...more