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Jul
15
2015
Dunkin’ Donuts Franchisee Will Pay $22,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
14
2015
DOJ Releases Supplemental Guidance on Service Animals Under the Americans with Disabilities Act Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
13
2015
Strategic Legal Solutions to Pay $85,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
11
2015
Roto Rooter to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Charge U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
9
2015
Retention Elections, Abortion, Budget: May 29, 2015 Jones Street Update Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
9
2015
A Nationwide Right: Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in a Monumental Decision and its Impact on Estate Planning Varnum LLP
Jul
9
2015
Property Protection Act, Civil Ceremonies, SEPA Reform: June 5, 2015 Jones Street Update Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
9
2015
Guns, Blue Law, Budget: June 19, 2015 Jones Street Update Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
9
2015
Sixth Circuit Resurrects Gender Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
8
2015
So Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal … Now What? Important Decisions Employers Face Now Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
7
2015
Office for Civil Rights Enforcement Trends McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
7
2015
Recent Federal Appellate Decisions Acknowledge Limits on Employer’s Obligation to Engage in ADA Interactive Process Mintz
Jul
3
2015
Aversive Racial Bias in Guilt and Sentencing: Don't Treat Racism as Just a Belief Holland & Hart LLP
Jul
2
2015
EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Disability Discrimination And Harassment: Agency Says Retailer Denied Accommodations to Disabled Cancer Survivor U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
1
2015
More Hope For Employers Who Have Ever Felt Bullied by the EEOC Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
1
2015
Supreme Court Places Burden on Employers to Address Religious Accommodations Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jul
1
2015
U.S. Supreme Court Holds that EEOC Conciliation Efforts are Subject to Limited Judicial Review Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jun
30
2015
U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates State Same-Sex Marriage Bans McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun
30
2015
Supreme Court to Again Review Higher Education Affirmative Action Case Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
29
2015
Supreme Court Agrees With EEOC In Regard To Religious Accommodation Poyner Spruill LLP
Jun
29
2015
What Employers Can Expect from the SCOTUS Decision on Same-Sex Marriage Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
27
2015
U.S. Supreme Court Lifts Bans on Same-Sex Marriages, Requires Recognition of Valid Same-Sex Marriages Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
27
2015
Supreme Court Extends Same-Sex Marriage Rights To All 50 States Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
27
2015
Same-Sex Marriage Equality: What Employers Need to Know After Obergefell Holland & Hart LLP
Jun
26
2015
Supreme Court Declares Bans on Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
26
2015
Supreme Court Holds Same-Sex Marriage is a Constitutional Right Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
26
2015
Gay Marriage, Unequivocally, Now the Law of the Land Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
Jun
26
2015
U.S. Supreme Court Finds a Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage: Implications for Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
26
2015
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Issues Updated Pregnancy Discrimination Guidance Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
25
2015
Final Standards Published for Evaluating Diversity Policies and Practices of Financial Institutions Vedder Price
Jun
25
2015
Restroom Access Should Be Consistent with Employee’s Gender Identity, OSHA Says Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Religious Discrimination and Accommodation—EEOC Is Victorious in New U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
23
2015
Transgender Protections Under Title VII—EEOC Relies on Expanded Sex Discrimination Theories Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
22
2015
Does Being “Perceived As” Muslim Support A Title VII Claim? One Court Says Yes Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
22
2015
Unfortunately, Offensive Racial Comments Don’t Always Get You Fired (At Least Under Labor Law) Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
22
2015
New York State Passes Campus Sexual Assault Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
21
2015
Pioneer Hotel to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin / Color Harassment & Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
18
2015
New Deputy Director at Office for Civil Rights Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
16
2015
Retailer’s Lack of Actual Knowledge of Applicant’s Need for Religious Accommodation Does Not Bar Religious Bias Suit Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
16
2015
Wal-Mart Stores East to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
14
2015
United Airlines to Pay over $1 Million To Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
12
2015
Recent Case Illustrates How Types of Associational Discrimination Claims Can Play Out in Litigation Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
12
2015
Supreme Court Sides with EEOC in Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Case Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
11
2015
The NCAA And Transgender Student-Athlete Participation Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
6
2015
EEOC Sues Gonnella Baking Company For Race Harassment U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jun
5
2015
DOJ Further Delays Release of Highly Anticipated Proposed Website Accessibility Regulations for Public Accommodations Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
4
2015
Proposed Web Accessibility Regulations for Public Accommodations Delayed Yet Again Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
4
2015
U.S. Supreme Court: Employment Decisions Based on a “Motive” to Avoid Religious Accommodation Constitute Unlawful Discrimination under Title VII Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jun
3
2015
California Court Holds Adjustment Disorder Triggered by Stress at Work Is Not a Disability Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
2
2015
Supreme Court Decision Leaves Employers with Religious Accommodation Questions Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
 

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