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5th Circuit Overturns Jury Ruling on Constructive Discharge
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is Nassar v. University of Southwestern Texas Medical Center (UTSW), decided...
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Strange Wording in a Pay Discrimination Case
Mar 30, 2012, 11:35:00 AM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is King v. Acosta Sales & Marketing, decided by the 7th Circuit on March 13,...
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EEOC Settles Class Action Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Mar 12, 2012, 1:39:00 PM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is EEOC v. 441 S.B. LLC & Hurricane Grill and Wings, reported on the EEOC...
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7th Circuit Rules That the ADA Does Not Require Automatic Reassignment of Qualified Disabled Employee
Mar 12, 2012, 1:29:00 PM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is EEOC v. United Airlines, decided on March 7, 2012 [2012 U.S. App. LEXIS...
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EEOC Reports Enforcement & Litigation Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11)
Mar 12, 2012, 12:06:00 PM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The data, which are for private entities, were posted on 1/25/12 on the EEOC Website...
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More on The District Court Ruling in Bazile V. City of Houston (2012)
Mar 12, 2012, 11:44:00 AM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In an alert posted on 2/22/12, I summarized the major rulings by Judge Lee H....
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Supreme Court to Review Fisher V. University of Texas - Another Test of Grutter V. Bollinger (2003)
Mar 12, 2012, 11:29:00 AM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The challenge in this case is to the use of race as a factor in undergraduate...
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Executive Order on Gay Rights?
Feb 22, 2012, 3:37:00 PM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In a news release on 2/15/12, the Washington Blade, an advocate for gay rights,...
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NY State Appeals Court Awards 2.7 Million to White Firefighters in Reverse Discrimination Case
Feb 22, 2012, 3:26:00 PM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is Margerum v. City of Buffalo, decided on 2/8/12 by Justice John A....
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Major District Court Ruling in Firefighter Promotion Exams - Part 1
Feb 22, 2012, 3:23:00 PM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is Bazile v. City of Houston, decided by District Court in the Southern...
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Employee Terminated in a RIF Cannot Prove Pretext in Age Discrimination Case
Feb 22, 2012, 3:20:00 PM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is Lefevers v. GAF Fiberglas Corporation, handed down on 1/27/12 (see 2012...
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Woman With Neurological Disorder Loses ADA Case
Feb 8, 2012, 10:22:00 AM
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is Insalaco v. Anne Arundel County Public Schools, decided by District Court...