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UT Austin Reconsiders Tenure Bid After $3M Pregnancy Discrimination Jury Verdict

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Following a $3,000,000 jury verdict against it earlier this year, The University of Texas at Austin (“UT Austin”), recently reconsidered the tenure bid of Dr. Evdokia Nikolova (“Dr. Nikolova”). In July 2020, Dr. Nikolova...more

DirectEmployers Association

The Iowa Supreme Court Gives A Male Transgender Employee The Win On The Restroom Dispute and On Gender Reassignment Surgery

The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict in favor of a transgender employee assigned a female sex at birth who claimed gender identity discrimination for denying him use of the men’s restrooms and locker rooms. The Court...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: April 2022 #2

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

City of Baldwin Park Hit with $7 Million Sex Discrimination Verdict

Just another day in paradise in Los Angeles… Unless you happen to be an employer. Continuing the recent spate of multi-million dollar verdicts, an LA jury awarded a former police officer $7 million on her sex discrimination...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Understand the Legal Challenge, Even in a #MeToo Era

Last Thursday’s verdict marked a dramatic reversal, and was hailed as a sign of the times. Bill Cosby was found guilty on all counts in the drugging and sexual assault of Andrea Constand 14 years ago. She is one of 60 women...more

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Fifth Circuit Upholds Jury Verdict in Constructive Discharge Case due to Employer’s “Shifting Reasons” for Its Personnel Decisions

In Delaronde v. Legend Classic Homes, Ltd., No. 17-20027 (January 18, 2018), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s denial of an employer’s post-verdict motion for judgment as a matter of law, finding...more

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Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: January 2016 #2

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Last week, a California judge made news when he threw out a $7.1million jury verdict. The verdict had been handed down in the high-profile age and disability discrimination suit brought by the well-known sports curmudgeon...more

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What Employers Can Learn from Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins emerged victorious last week in their former employee Ellen Pao’s heavily publicized sex discrimination lawsuit when the jury handed down a defense verdict after days of deliberation. Pao filed suit in...more

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