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Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Dialect Discrimination Violates the Fair Housing Act

Earlier this month, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed a Charge of Discrimination (Charge) alleging that landlord N. Clark LLC (Landlord) and its managing member Kathleen Cresson unlawfully...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Seattle Adds Caste to Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

Last week, the city of Seattle approved a proposal to add caste to its list of protected classifications under its antidiscrimination ordinance that applies to employment and housing. Caste is a social hierarchy system based...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Transgender Discrimination Outlawed in New York

On January 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression. Under the law, “gender identity...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

HUD and DOJ Challenge Facebook’s Advertising Platforms under the Fair Housing Act

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed an administrative complaint against Facebook alleging discriminatory advertising in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). HUD alleges that housing...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New Fair Housing Rule Extends Liability to Housing Providers for Harassment

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This week, HUD issued a final rule that creates liability under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) for housing providers for occurrences of “quid pro quo harassment” or “hostile environment harassment.” The new rule takes effect on...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Transgender Individuals to Gain Protection under New York State Law

On October 22, 2015, at the Pride Agenda Dinner, Governor Cuomo announced that he plans to extend protections against discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations to transgender individuals. The New York...more

Carlton Fields

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Disparate-Impact Claims Under Fair Housing Act

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In a recent holding, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) may be premised on "disparate impact," meaning that a plaintiff may challenge a practice even if it was not...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Not-So-Sudden Impact: Insurers Face A New Breed Of Claim Under the Fair Housing Act (Part 1 of 3)

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Late in June, in Texas Dept. of Housing v. Inclusive Communities, No. 13–1371 (U.S. June 25, 2015), the U.S. Supreme Court ended years of debate by embracing a “disparate impact” claim against a housing authority under the...more

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