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7TH CIRCUIT Ruling on Adverse Impact, Pattern or Practice, and Class Certification
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case Puffer v. Allstate Ins. Co. was handed down on March 27, 2012 [2012 U.S....
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A Retrospective Dive into Puffer V. Allstate
Apr 10, 2012, 12:29:00 PM
by Eric Dunleavy Ph.D., Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting As Art described in an earlier post, the recent 7th circuit ruling in Puffer v. Allstate...
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5th Circuit Overturns Jury Ruling on Constructive Discharge
Mar 30, 2012, 12:18:00 PM
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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Adverse Impact Analyses in Bazile V. City of Houston
Mar 12, 2012, 11:57:00 AM
by Eric Dunleavy Ph.D., Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting Art has already written two detailed posts on Bazile v. City of Houston, which...
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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....