Civil Rights

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Mar
20
2024
Get Interactive! Searching for ADA Accommodations with Employees Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov
30
2022
Heads Up, Not Down — Tennessee Employees Now Get To Wear Their CROWN: What Employers Should Know About Tennessee’s CROWN Act Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May
13
2023
Bueller? Bueller? EEOC Examining Attendance Policies for ADA Violations Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May
2
2024
No More Adjectives… Just Some Harm: Supreme Rules on Title VII Job Transfer Threshold Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Dec
3
2021
Suspension with Pay Gives Way to Court Day on Race Claim? Nay, Nay, Says 11th Circuit Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov
17
2022
Is the Boss Right? Seventh Circuit Looks at Employer Judgment on ADA Claim Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
23
2023
Is the Access to Medical Marijuana a Fundamental Right? Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jun
8
2023
New DOJ Redlining Settlement Continues Enforcement Trend Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jun
22
2023
Ready, Set, Go – It’s Time for the PWFA Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov
17
2022
Bipartisan “Reef-orm”: Calls to Deschedule Marijuana Abound on Capitol Hill at Bipartisan Congressional Hearing Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
10
2023
Extra, Extra, Read All About the PWFA Regs Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Oct
19
2023
Are They Qualified? 11th Circuit Further Defines ADA Category Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov
16
2023
Addressing Workplace Harassment: Insights into EEOC’s Proposed Enforcement Guidance Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
10
2022
Everybody’s Working on the Weekend (Well, Not Everybody) — Fifth Circuit Holds Differing Weekend Attendance Policy Not a Final Adverse Employment Action Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Dec
28
2023
Out with the Old? Not So Fast! A Quick Review of 2023 Highlights Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jul
2
2021
FHFA Issues Policy Statement on Fair Lending Requirements under the ECOA, Fair Housing Act, and Safety and Soundness Act Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jul
20
2021
EEOC Locks onto Bostock: New Guidance on Sexual Orientation and Other Gender Issues Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
3
2022
CFPB, DOJ File Complaint Against Non-Bank Mortgage Lender for Deliberate Discrimination Against Minority Families Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
22
2023
Ultimatum on Ultimate Employment Decisions: Fifth Circuit Expands Standard on Adverse Employment Decisions Under Title VII Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Sep
9
2021
Plaintiff’s “Paramour Preference” Plan Panned: 9th Circuit Finds Romantic Relationship Not Enough to Show Discrimination Against Non-Romantic Co-Worker Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Dec
30
2021
What More Can We Ask About COVID-19? EEOC Chimes In on If It Is a Disability Under the ADA Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jun
29
2022
The ADA and Your Website – A Guide to Website Accessibility Claims Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Sep
22
2022
Central Park Karen’s Discrimination Case Dismissed: Learning from Responding to Viral Videos Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Dec
7
2023
ADA Speed Bump Ahead: Steer Clear of Eliminating Essential Functions Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
25
2022
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Judge Rules Florida’s “Stop WOKE” Act Unconstitutional Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May
31
2023
Interpretation of an Interpreter Request? 11th Circuit Weighs in on Accommodation of Deaf Employee Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
9
2024
Points Matter: Absenteeism Policy Overcomes Racial Discrimination Allegations in Fifth Circuit Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May
9
2024
Get with the Pronoun: Eleventh Circuit Rules Pervasive Misgendering Is Harassment Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Dec
22
2022
Avoid the Naughty List: Eighth Circuit Insight into Handling Requests for Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
30
2023
Is the Office Going to the Dogs? “Ruff” Questions on Service and Emotional Support Animals Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May
15
2024
Ministerial Exception in Title VII Cases Is Alive and Well Even After Being Waived Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
31
2015
‘Exemptions’ & Court-Sanctioned Discrimination: The Post-Hobby Lobby Tension Between the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) & Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws Northeastern University School of Law
May
9
2013
House Passes Bill to Revise Time Off Rules for Non-Union Employees MapLight
Jul
1
2013
CA Prop. 8's Top 10 Supporting and Opposing Contributors MapLight
Apr
21
2013
Gun Bill Pulled from the Senate MapLight
 

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