by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAccording to several sources, Wal-Mart has no objection to extending the deadline for 90 days so as to reestablish a presumably smaller portion of the class that was decertified by the...
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August 02, 2011
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July 26, 2011
July 26, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is EEOC v. Schwan’s Home Service [ 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 14291, 7/13/11]. The facts are that Schwan hired Kim Millren in March 2007 as a location general manager under the...
July 26, 2011
The Q&A occurred on July 12, 2001 and during the session, Director Patricia A. Shiu revealed several important pending developments. Among her introductory remarks, she announced that the OFCCP is “engaged in several efforts to strengthen and update...
July 12, 2011
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis addressed the 22nd convention of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) on July 1, 2011, and a highlight, if not the focus of her remarks, was on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes....
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn August 17, 2009, Judge Sam Sparks of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas granted summary judgment to the University of Texas (UT) at Austin in a lawsuit by two...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs noted in a prior alert on June 21, 2011, the Supreme Court ruled against the plaintiffs in Wal-Mart v. Dukes [2011 U.S. LEXIS 4567, 6/2011]. As noted in that alert, the ruling was...
June 21, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 20, 2011, the Supreme Court ruled against the Dukes Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. The ruling was unanimous to the point that the plaintiffs wrongly used Rule 23(b)(2) for...
June 21, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn the case of OFCCP v. Manheim Auctions Inc. [DOL OALJ, No. 2011-OFC-00005, 6/14/11], ALJ Alan L. Bergstrom addressed the issue of whether Manheim Auctions Government Services LLC...
June 21, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is EEOC v. AutoZone [C.D. Ill., No. 07 C 1154, jury verdict 6/3/11)], in which a jury returned a verdict that AutoZone failed to reasonably accommodate John Shepherd, an auto...
