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NOVARTIS LOSES CLASS ACTION SEX DISCRIMINATION CASE

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On May 17, 2010, a jury awarded nearly 3.4 million dollars to 12 named female...

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HOMELAND SECURITY VIOLATES REHABILITATION ACT BY ASKING INAPPROPRIATE MENTAL-HEALTH QUESTIONS

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In a ruling issued on May 3, 2010 by Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz of the Southern...

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Checking in With Ricci: Briscoe V. City of New Haven

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Michael Briscoe was one of the black applicants for promotion to lieutenant in the...

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RICCI’S TENTACLES EXPANDED

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In NAACP v. North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40067), the...

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OFCCP Threatens Sanctions Against AstraZeneca on Sex-Based Wage Differences

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Lorraine McCarthy, staff writer for BNA, reported on May 17, 2010 that OFCCP has...

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Wal-Mart Agrees to Multi-Million Settlement in California Wage-Hour Class Action

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Wal-Mart agreed to a settlement of up to 86 million dollars for 232,000 employees...

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Third-Party Sexual Harassment in Prisons

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On May 7 2010, the 11th Circuit affirmed a district court judgment of $630,000 for 14...

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EN BANC PANEL OF 9TH CIRCUIT COURT RULES IN DUKES V. WAL-MART

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On April 26, 2010, a panel of eleven 9th Circuit Court judges ruled 6-5 that a class...

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Two Religious Garb Rulings Favoring Plaintiffs

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The first ruling is Haqq v. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, decided on...

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Rule 26: Major Proposed Changes For Attorneys And Experts

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology My thanks to Dr. Lance Seberhagen (CEO & Director of Seberhagen & Associates) for...

Justice Hillary Rodham Clinton?

The Associated Press has reported that Hillary Clinton’s name has surfaced as a possible replacement for Justice Stevens, who recently announced his...

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MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (DOC) EARLY RETIREMENT POLICY VIOLATES THE ADEA

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In an April 8, 2010 ruling by Judge Paul A. Magnusen of the US District Court for the...