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HTMLCourt 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...

 

HTMLIntentional 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...

 

Adobe PDFDepartment 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...

 

HTMLEmployment 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...

 

HTMLNew 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...

 

Adobe PDFSetting 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...

 

HTML7th 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...

 

HTMLCalifornia 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...

 

HTMLADA 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...

 

HTMLNew 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...

 


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