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SLAPP Fight in Colorado: Plaintiffs Face Dueling Evidentiary Standards

An emerging split in the Colorado Court of Appeals may force the Colorado Supreme Court to revisit the state’s anti-SLAPP statute—soon after finally weighing in on the statute’s first prong as a novel question in Lind-Barnett...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The erosion of McDonnell Douglas: What employers should know

For decades, courts have relied on the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework as the primary method for evaluating employment discrimination claims based on circumstantial evidence. As I discussed earlier this year,...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Supreme Court Invalidates Heightened Evidentiary Standard For Majority-Group Plaintiffs

Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs., 605 U.S. ___, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025) - Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, alleged under Title VII that she had been denied a management promotion and demoted based on her sexual...more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

SCOTUS Rejects Unique Proof Standards for Reverse Discrimination Plaintiffs

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, holding that courts may not impose heightened evidentiary requirements on Title VII plaintiffs simply because...more

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