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 | Court Hands School a Victory on Issue of Student Sexuality Shadie L. Berenji, Todd Scherwin; Fisher & Phillips LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 2009 Issues of student sexuality have been emerging in private schools for the last five years or so. Questions abound regarding student sexual-orientation rights in religious and non-religious schools, regarding the rights of students to create gay and lesbian school clubs, and regarding the propriety... |
| Intentional Wrongdoer Can't Sue for Legal Malpractice Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP; October 16, 2009, previously published on October 8, 2009 The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a legal malpractice claim based on the doctrine of in pari delicto. Dismissal under the doctrine was appropriate, despite the lawyers¿ misconduct, because the plaintiff was collaterally estopped from denying that he had committed... |
 | Department of Justice Settles Pricing Discrimination, Redlining Charges against Alabama Bank Joseph L. Barloon, Anand S. Raman, Darren M. Welch; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; October 14, 2009, previously published on October 2, 2009 In a complaint and Agreed Order for Resolution filed in federal district court in Alabama on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) charged First United Security Bank of Thomasville, Alabama, with violations of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit... |
| Employment Class Actions By the Government Are Coming Back Douglas B. Mishkin, Scott Louis Weber; Patton Boggs LLP; October 9, 2009, previously published on October 2009 The Obama Administration is gearing up to investigate and file discrimination and employment compensation class actions far beyond what we've seen in the last eight years... |
| New Hampshire Legislature Legalizes Same Sex Marriage: How Should Employers Prepare? John E. Rich, Charla Bizios Stevens; McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, [incorporation phrase format]Professional Association; September 8, 2009, previously published by Business New Hampshire Magazine on August 2009 The New Hampshire state legislature has passed, and the Governor on June 4, 2009 signed, legislation legalizing same sex marriage in New Hampshire. The law is effective January 1, 2010. In passing this legislation, New Hampshire becomes the sixth state to recognize marriages between members of... |
| Setting Your Sites on Web Accessibility Kathleen Finnerty; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; September 4, 2009, previously published on August 2009 Many retailers have followed the National Federation for the Blind vs. Target Corporation litigation with interest. After all, the obligation to make primarily visual and audio driven websites accessible to sight and hearing impaired persons is a bit counterintuitive. Now, companies have nearly 10... |
| 7th Circuit - Company's Prompt Reaction to Noose Precludes Liability for Racial Discrimination Maria Greco Danaher; Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.; August 24, 2009, previously published on August 19, 2009 When an individual claims to have been racially harassed by co-workers, he or she must show that the employer was negligent either in discovering or remedying the harassment. An employer can avoid liability for co-worker harassment if it takes prompt and appropriate remedial action that is likely... |
| California Supreme Court Rejects Privacy Claim Arising from Employer's Video Surveillance of Private Office Rochelle L. Wilcox; Davis Wright Tremaine LLP; August 13, 2009, previously published on August 4, 2009 The California Supreme Court issued its decision in Hernandez v. Hillsides, Inc., No. S147552, on Aug. 3, 2009. This case addresses the question of whether an employer can be held liable to two employees for invasion of privacy by intrusion, based on the employer's installation of video equipment... |
| ADA Protection Will Not Be Extended to Drug Addicts Unless They Are Significantly Impaired in Major Life Activity Paul N. Farquharson, Melissa Goldmeier; Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, [incorporation phrase format]A Professional Corporation; August 11, 2009, previously published on July 2009 In A Helping Hand, LLC v. Baltimore County, Md, A Helping Hand, a methadone treatment facility, brought a discrimination action against Baltimore County, Maryland, alleging that a new county ordinance that operated to prevent the clinic from operating violated the Americans with Disabilities Act... |
| New York Human Rights Law Amended to Prohibit Discrimination against Victims of Domestic Violence Kenneth D. Stein; Ford & Harrison LLP; August 7, 2009, previously published on August 3, 2009 New York State recently joined a handful of other states by enacting legislation prohibiting discrimination against victims of domestic violence. On July 7, 2009, New York Governor David A. Paterson signed into law an amendment to the New York Human Rights Law to include an individual's status as a... |
