Termination, Discrimination, Summary Judgment

Plaintiff’s “Paramour Preference” Plan Panned: 9th Circuit Finds Romantic Relationship Not Enough to Show Discrimination Against...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/9/2021

In another chapter in litigation alliteration, in Maner v. Dignity Health, f/k/a Catholic Healthcare West, the Ninth Circuit held that a male employee’s theory that his supervisor’s long-term romantic relationship with a...more

Seventh Circuit to Plaintiffs: Here's Your Burden of Proof

Littler on 9/1/2016

Most employees who file employment discrimination claims hope for one of two things – a really sympathetic jury or an employer that is willing to generously settle the lawsuit to avoid the risks and uncertainties of trial. ...more

N.D. Ill. Denies Employer Summary Judgment On Retaliation Claim, Stressing Shifting Explanation For Discharge

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense on 11/12/2013

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled that a retaliation claim survived summary judgment because of the “convincing mosaic” of evidence of retaliation the Plaintiff presented,...more

Employer's Use of Spreadsheet Categorizing Employees by Race Supports Plaintiff's Discrimination Claim

Baker Donelson on 9/13/2013

An employer's use of a spreadsheet categorizing employees in part by race doomed its attempt to obtain summary judgment on a former employee's race discrimination claims in the case of Fuller v. Edward B. Stimpson Co., Inc.,...more

Court Of Appeal Relies On “Motivating Factor” As Standard Of Causation In FEHA Case

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/14/2012

Alamo v. Practice Management Information Corp., No. B230909 (Cal. App. 2d, Sept. 24, 2012): In Alamo, a former employee who was fired upon her return from maternity leave brought a lawsuit for pregnancy discrimination in...more

Summary Judgment Lives For Employers Seeking Dismissal Of New York City Human Rights Law Claims

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/27/2012

Melman v. Montefiore Medical Center, 946 N.Y.S.2d 27 (1st Dep’t May 29, 2012): The New York Appellate Division, First Department recently held that plaintiffs bringing discrimination claims under the New York City Human...more