News & Analysis as of

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) First Amendment Appeals

Littler

Littler Lightbulb – December Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

Rumberger | Kirk

First Amendment Wheel Doesn’t Stop Spinning: What Risk Managers Need to Know for the New School Year

Rumberger | Kirk on

As the school year begins, a heightened focus has been placed on schools both nationally and at the local level. Schools are becoming the battlefield where some of the most high-profile cultural clashes occur, which means...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

University vaccine mandate constitutionality: A review of the US Seventh Circuit’s IU decision

Bricker Graydon LLP on

In a succinct decision issued earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (including states Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin) refused to issue an injunction pending the outcome of a...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

SCOTUS Decision Impacts Discrimination Claims Against Religious Employers

Husch Blackwell LLP on

Key Points •The ministerial exception protects religious employers from government interference in internal employment disputes involving the selection, supervision, and removal of individuals who play an important role...more

Dechert LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court Expands the Ministerial Exception

Dechert LLP on

On July 8, 2020, in a 7–2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru expanded the “ministerial exception,” which allows religious organizations to avoid federal anti-discrimination...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

U.S. Supreme Court Extends The “Ministerial Exception” To Teachers At Religious Elementary Schools

Amundsen Davis LLC on

On July 8, 2020 the United States Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. civil rights laws barring discrimination on the job do not apply to most lay teachers at religious elementary schools. The decision extends earlier Supreme...more

Payne & Fears

United States Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of the Ministerial Exception

Payne & Fears on

In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, 591 U.S. ___, 2020 WL 3808420 (2020) (“Morrissey-Berru”), the United States Supreme Court provided further guidance on the application of the “ministerial exception,” which...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Supreme Court Re-Asserts “Ministerial Exception”

The U.S. Supreme Court (“the Court”) today re-emphasized the “ministerial exception” to discrimination laws. The “ministerial exception” is a court-created doctrine that prevents the U.S. courts from becoming entangled in the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - July 8, 2020

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, No. 19-267: The Court has recognized that the First Amendment protects the right of religious institutions “to decide for themselves, free from state interference, matters of...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Whether ‘Ministerial Exception’ Covers Catholic School Teachers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review two consolidated cases that will afford it an opportunity to develop the “ministerial exception” to employment discrimination laws it first announced in a 2012 case, Hosanna-Tabor...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Ninth Circuit Limits ADA Ministerial Exemption

In its 2012 Hosanna-Tabor decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized a “ministerial” exemption to federal civil rights laws. It allows religious employers – without being subjected to claims of discrimination – to make...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: September 2018

Payne & Fears on

This month's key California employment law cases are from the California Court of Appeals and The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Sumner v. Simpson Univ., No. C077302, 2018 WL 4579765 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 25, 2018)...more

Fisher Phillips

Web Exclusive - June 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Religious Institutions Update: June 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

Holland & Knight LLP on

Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more

14 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide