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Ontario Superior Court Decides Bellwether Individual Issues Trials in Class Action

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In Reddock v Attorney General of Canada, 2024 ONSC 3238, the Ontario Superior Court released a post-common issues trial decision regarding the additional damages, if any, five plaintiffs were entitled to as a result of the...more

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Contract Worker Rights: New Jersey & Illinois Break the Mold

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Groundbreaking employment legislation for contract worker rights in New Jersey (NJ) is now law. NJ is the first US state to mandate equal pay for temporary workers, followed closely by Illinois. Effective August 5, the...more

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The Separate Car Act: A 19th Century Civil Rights Case Worth Revisiting

Homer Plessy was seven-eighths White and one-eighth Black — pejoratively referred to as an “octoroon” in the 19th century. Plessy came of age during the age of Reconstruction in New Orleans, when people of color were granted...more

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Seattle Enacts First-of-Its-Kind Law Protecting Individuals Against Discrimination Based on Caste

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The Seattle City Council passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on caste in employment, housing, and public accommodation. Seattle’s mayor approved the ordinance on February 23, 2023, and the...more

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Gentrification Not a Valid Basis For Fair Housing Act Claim

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A claim of disparate impact based on gentrification in predominantly minority communities is not cognizable under the Fair Housing Act. Crenshaw Subway Coalition v. City of Los Angeles, 75 Cal.App.5th 917 (2022). A...more

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House Passes Federal LGBTQ Anti-Bias Law; What’s Next For The Equality Act?

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The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a landmark bill that aims to amend several federal laws to prohibit discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Equality Act, passed on February 25...more

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Healthy Workplace Discussions About Diversity, Part 1: Remembering why we became lawyers, and why that matters for diversity

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This is the first in a series of short articles I’ll be sharing over the coming months to encourage healthy public discussion, especially among lawyers, regarding the reasons we support and need diversity in our workplaces...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Federal Courthouses of Birmingham - 11th Circuit Historical News

Sitting just a few blocks from the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Judge Robert Vance Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, was...more

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The Sisyphean Labor of the DAR Council: Segregation and Reintegration Data Rights

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Having just presented on data rights issues to a number of government contracting officers and procurement professionals, as well as private sector contract management personnel, during the 2017 National Contract Management...more

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Inside DOD's Reasonable Approach To Data Rights Rule

On June 16, 2016, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a proposed rule to implement Section 815 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Industry and practitioners alike have awaited this proposal...more

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The Ritual of Renewal on Opening Day

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The ritual of renewal that is Opening Day can be both transformative and defining. While it offers the opportunity for a new beginning, it is also invites reflection as to where we have been and where we are headed. And that...more

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EEOC Argues Adverse Employment Action Irrelevant in Racial Segregation Cases

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Recently, the EEOC filed an appeal in EEOC v. AutoZone, Inc. et al., arguing that the lower court erred in dismissing the case against AutoZone Inc. by improperly requiring the EEOC to show that the employee at issue suffered...more

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New York City Defends its Community Preference Policy

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Introduction - On October 2, 2015, the City of New York moved to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the City of unlawfully perpetuating racial segregation in the housing industry. See Janell Winfield, et al. v. City of New...more

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