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Supreme Court Appears Poised to Do Away With Additional Burdens on Reverse-Discrimination Plaintiffs

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On February 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ames v. OH Dept. of Youth Services, which questioned whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly decided that a heterosexual plaintiff should have...more

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Supreme Court Expresses Skepticism Over Higher Burden in Majority Discrimination Cases

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The Supreme Court of the United States recently heard oral arguments in a case to determine whether employees who are part of a majority group must meet a higher standard to prove discrimination....more

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5th Circuit grants stay over 2022 changes to CFPB’s examination manual

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On February 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the CFPB’s unopposed request to stay a pending appeal for 90 days to give the acting director, Russell Vought, time to review the CFPB’s position in this...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Reverse Discrimination Appeal

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A few months ago, we published an alert noting that the U.S. Supreme Court had agreed to hear Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. The case addresses whether plaintiffs alleging reverse discrimination under Title VII...more

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Get with the Pronoun: Eleventh Circuit Rules Pervasive Misgendering Is Harassment

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If an employer or coworker persistently uses a transgender worker’s wrong name or identified pronoun, can that constitute a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII? In Copeland v. Georgia Department of Corrections,...more

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Supreme Court Decides Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media

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On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, No. 18-1171, holding that the but-for causation standard applies to claims of racial...more

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What to Know About Wayfair and Its Impact on Maryland Sales Tax Audits

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Earlier this year, the Supreme Court decided on the much-anticipated case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, 585 U.S. ___, 138 S.Ct. 2080 (2018). At issue was the validity of a statute applying sales tax to internet retailers that...more

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SCOTUS Grimm decision could impact CFPB position on ECOA protection for gender identity and sexual orientation

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On October 28, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that marked the first time...more

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Mach Mining Continuing to Make its Mark: Second Circuit Holds that Review of EEOC Pre-suit Investigation Extremely Limited

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An appeals court just made it harder for employers to challenge lawsuits against them by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on the basis that the EEOC failed to properly investigate the alleged wrongdoing before...more

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Supreme Court Permits Employers to Seek Review of EEOC's Conciliation Efforts

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On April 29, in a relatively employer-friendly decision, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the EEOC's conciliation efforts are subject to judicial review....more

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Fifth Circuit Issues Important Ruling on Affirmative Action in Higher Education

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Earlier this week, in Fisher v. University of Texas, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the undergraduate admissions program at the University of Texas at...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies Appeals Rights For Federal Employees

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On December 10, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a critical victory to federal employees in a highly technical case. This decision now gives federal employees a simpler and less confusing process for appealing...more

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