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Jul
25
2016
EEOC: Title VII Prohibits Employment Discrimination Based on Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
22
2016
North Carolina Governor Keeps ‘Bathroom Bill’ Mostly Intact, Pending Court Review Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
15
2016
Divided En Banc Court Overrules FOIA Precedent Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
15
2016
Bill Criminalizing “Revenge Porn” Introduced in Congress Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
12
2016
Update Company Policies for Transgendered Employees Polsinelli PC
Jun
24
2016
District of Columbia Office of Human Rights Publishes Best Practices Guide Regarding Transgender Workers Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
22
2016
Websites Must be Accessible to the Blind to Comply with the ADA Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
19
2016
Newark Port Automobile Processing Facility to Pay $350,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
15
2016
OFCCP’s New Sex Discrimination Rule Expands Employee Protections Based on Pregnancy, Caregiver Status, and Gender Identity Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
14
2016
OFCCP Releases Updated Sex Discrimination Rule Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
12
2016
Peters' Bakery to Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
9
2016
Colorado Expands Pregnancy Discrimination Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
9
2016
The Letter ... DOE and DOJ Warn School Districts Regarding Transgender Students von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jun
9
2016
New ACA Nondiscrimination Rules: Protecting Individuals Against Sex Discrimination Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
7
2016
Key Implications of Fourth Circuit’s Denial of En Banc Review of Pro-Transgender Ruling Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
6
2016
Colorado’s New Pregnancy Accommodation Law Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
4
2016
Right to be Forgotten – French High Courts Disagree Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
2
2016
Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act: New Pregnancy Provision Taking Effect in August Polsinelli PC
Jun
2
2016
EEOC Releases Final Wellness Program Regulations Related to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
2
2016
EEOC Issues New Guidance on Employee Wellness Programs Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
2
2016
Increasing Legal Scrutiny of Website Accessibility in the Real Estate Industry Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
2
2016
Transgender and Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title VII Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
2
2016
Law Firm Targeting Colleges Alleging ADA Noncompliant Websites Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May
31
2016
Advancing Opportunity for All in the Tech Industry U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
May
30
2016
Zoo Printing Agrees to Pay $110,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Retaliation Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
May
27
2016
Departments of Education and Justice Release Guidance on Maintaining Nondiscriminatory Educational Communities for Transgender Students Faegre Drinker
May
25
2016
Maryland Expands Equal Pay Law to Prohibit Gender Identity Discrimination, Require Pay Transparency Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
20
2016
Is Your Website ADA Compliant? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
19
2016
Unlike Godot, ADA Leave Guidance Arrives from EEOC Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
18
2016
California Assembly Approves Measure Requiring Single-Occupancy Restrooms to Be Designated “All Gender” Proskauer Rose LLP
May
17
2016
New Department of Education and DOJ Guidance Issued Regarding Transgender Students Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May
17
2016
Seventh Circuit Rules on Accommodation and Causal Connection Needed for ADA Claims Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
May
14
2016
U.S. Departments of Justice and Education Issue ‘Significant Guidance’ on Transgender Rights under Title IX Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
14
2016
A Notable Week Indeed – From OSHA to Trade Secrets to ADA Accommodations and Transgender Rights! Faegre Drinker
May
13
2016
DOJ Refreshes Its Efforts to Promulgate Title II Website Accessibility Regulations and Other Accessible Technology Updates – What Does It All Suggest for Businesses? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May
13
2016
EEOC Speaks on Transgender Bathroom Rights Polsinelli PC
May
10
2016
55 Year Old Employee Fails to Establish Age Discrimination Claim Against 3D Printing Company Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
10
2016
Clearly Defining Essential Functions of Job Can Make or Break ADA Case Mintz
May
9
2016
EEOC Serves Notice Regarding Transgender Employees Bathroom Access Rights Foley & Lardner LLP
May
9
2016
Changing Closets: Transgendered Youths' Right to Dress in Public Schools and the First Amendment Michigan State University College of Law
May
8
2016
Ellucian to Pay $140,000 to Resolve Discrimination against Transgender Employee U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
May
6
2016
Circuit Court Fails to Broaden ADA Protection to Obese Applicant Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May
6
2016
DOJ Clicks “Refresh” on Proposed Title II Website Accessibility Regulations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
6
2016
Oxford, Alabama, City Council Repeals Bathroom Ordinance Targeting Transgender Individuals Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
6
2016
EEOC Warns US Employers That State Law Cannot Be Used to Justify Transgender Discrimination Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
6
2016
Transgender Bathroom Access Addressed in New EEOC Fact Sheet Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
5
2016
NYC Ban on Caregiver Status Discrimination is Now in Effect; Employers Must Think Carefully About its Impact Mintz
May
5
2016
Department of Justice Warns Governor that North Carolina LGBT Law is Unlawful Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
4
2016
EEOC Stresses Title VII Bars Discrimination against Transgender Workers, Including Regarding Bathroom Access Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
3
2016
Age Discrimination in West Virginia: I May be Old, but I'm Still "Substantially Younger" Than You Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
 

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