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    9TH CIRCUIT OVERTURNS LOWER COURT RULING ON COMMONALITY IN CLASS ACTION CERTIFICATION IN AN ADEA ADVERSE IMPACT CLAIM

    The case is Stockwell v. City & County of San Francisco decided on April 24, 2014 [749 F.3d 1107]. First the facts. In the early 1980s, the City of...

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    House Republicans Criticize EEOC on Criminal Background Checks and Enforcement Tactics

    The criticisms were leveled during an oversight meeting on June 10, 2014 of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections chaired by Time Walberg...

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    8th Circuit Court Endorses Narrow Interpretation of Being "Similarly Situated"

    The case is Young v. Builder’s Steel decided on 6/9/14 [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 10643]. The facts of the case are that Michael Young was the only black...

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    Plaintiff Awarded $1.35 Million in Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit

    The case is Barella v. Village of Freeport, the facts of which are described in district court rulings on November 8, 2013 [2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS...

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    Take Her to Sea, Director Shiu: New OFCCP Regulations on The Horizon

    OFCCP is charging full steam ahead as their semiannual regulatory agenda forecasts the imminent publication of four Notices of Proposed Rulemaking...

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    Oklahoma Passes Law Restricting Access to Social Media Accounts of Employees

    We have previously reported on two “disasters” related to the misuse of social media information (see Alerts dated 12/5/13 & 3/17/14). Now we have...

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    DCI Staff to Speak at 32nd Annual ILG National Conference

    The 32nd annual Industry Liaison Group (ILG) national conference and exposition will be held on August 5th – 8th in Washington, DC. This year’s...

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    FURTHER NOTE ON SCHUETTE V. COALITION TO DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

    Just as I finished writing on the Schuette ruling itself, I received an inquiry as to what, if any, are the implications of the ruling for federal...

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    Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Michigan Voter Ban on Race Preference in Scheutte v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action

    I previewed the oral arguments in this case in an Alert dated 10/22/13 and, quite frankly, I got it wrong. I thought it had a chance of being a 4-4...

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    No Legal Basis For Claiming Reverse Discrimination Under The ADA

    The case is Ingram v. Henry Ford Health Systems decided on 4/21/14 by Judge Nancy G. Edmunds of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...

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    Bed Bath and Beyond Agrees to $125,000 Settlement for Policy That Automatically Excludes Applicants With Felony Charges

    New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced on 4/22/14 that Bed Bath & Beyond agreed to rescind its policy to automatically...

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    SPLIT 6TH CIRCUIT PANEL OVERTURNS SUMMARY JUDGMENT RULING ON WORKING AT HOME AS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

    The case is EEOC v. Ford Motor Company decided by a 2-1 split ruling by the 6th Circuit on 4/22/14 [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 7502]. The case is important...

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