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| 1 | Notice-of-Claim Requirement Does Not Apply to New Jersey's Civil Rights Act Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.; July 23, 2008, previously published by New Jersey eAuthority on July 1, 2008 Owens, et al., v. Feigin, et al., A-43-07 (N.J. June 3, 2008) ¿ The New Jersey Supreme Court recently held that the 90-day notice of claim requirement under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA) does not apply to causes of action brought under the New Jersey Civil Rights Act (CRA). |
| 2 | Supreme Court Issues Decisions on Use of State Funds in Union-Organizing Campaigns and Age Discrimination Claims Relating to Disability Retirement Plans Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; July 22, 2008, previously published on June 26, 2008 On June 19, 2008, the Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases dealing with labor and employment law issues that will affect many employers. |
| 3 | Agoraphobic Faculty Member Could Not Support ADA/FMLA Claims (3rd Cir.) Maria Greco Danaher; Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.; July 23, 2008, previously published on July 2, 2008 In an unpublished opinion, the 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's determination that an associate professor's termination was appropriate, even though the professor claimed that he was disabled by agoraphobia. |
| 4 | Corporate Exposure for Human Rights Violations under the Alien Tort Statute Vincent J. Vitkowsky; Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; July 18, 2008, previously published on July 2008 Corporations can be sued by U.S. courts for damages in tort based on alleged violations of international law occurring in foreign countries. The complaints sometimes include provocative claims of human rights violations, such as the disappearance, torture or death of local citizens and trade union... |
| 5 | Supreme Court Holds ADEA Does Not Bar Disability Benefits Disparity Based on Age Thompson Hine LLP; July 17, 2008, previously published on July 2, 2008 On June 19, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that a Kentucky state pension plan that provides more generous benefits to employees who become disabled before reaching the plan's normal retirement age than to employees who become disabled after reaching normal retirement age... |
| 6 | House of Lords Reforms Approach to Disability-Related Discrimination Cases Robin Jeffcott, Laurence Rees, Ranjit Dhindsa, Thomas Ince; Reed Smith LLP; July 18, 2008, previously published on July 2008 In the case of Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm, the House of Lords has made potentially major changes to the law on disability-related discrimination. |
| 7 | Supreme Court Places Burden on Employers to Establish Defense to Age Discrimination Claims Laura L. Robertson, Shane T. Muñoz; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; July 17, 2008, previously published on June 2008 In a recent employee-friendly decision, Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Lab., 554 U.S. - (June 19, 2008), the U.S. Supreme Court clarified an employer's burden of proof under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). |
| 8 | Court Overturns Libel Verdict Based On Internal Investigation Report Robert R. Stauffer; Jenner & Block LLP; July 18, 2008, previously published on May 2008 In Stoddard v. West Telemarketing, L.P., 539 F. Supp. 2d 889 (W.D. Tex. 2008), an internal investigation was initiated into the behavior of an employee after the company received an anonymous complaint. |
| 9 | Government Enacts New Law Regarding Employment Discrimination Based On Genetic Testing and Information Thomas H. May, Terri Imbarlina Patak; Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.; July 17, 2008, previously published on July 2008 In an effort to eliminate fear of discrimination for undergoing potentially beneficial genetic testing, the federal government has enacted the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act ("GINA"). |
| 10 | Employer May Use Subjective Criteria to Defeat Claim of Pretext in ADEA Case Maria Greco Danaher; Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.; July 16, 2008, previously published on June 26, 2008 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits an employer from failing to hire or promote an individual who is at least 40 years old because of that individual's age. |
