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SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF WAL-MART

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On June 20, 2011, the Supreme Court ruled against the Dukes Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart v....

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EEOC Wins Jury Verdict in Key ADA Case

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is EEOC v. AutoZone [C.D. Ill., No. 07 C 1154, jury verdict 6/3/11)], in...

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Wells Fargo Settles Sex Discrimination Claim

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On June 8, 2011, Judge Colleen Kollar-Koteely of the District Court of the District...

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Astrazeneca Settles With OFCCP on Allegations of Sex Discrimination in Pay

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In a consent decree announced on June 6, 2011, AstraZeneca agreed to a $250,000 (plus...

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5TH CIRCUIT REMANDS RETALIATION CLAIM BASED ON THOMPSON V. NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is Zamora v. Houston [2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 9827], decided on May 12, 2011....

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DISTRICT COURT OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CALLS EEOC SUBPOENA A "FISHING EXPEDITION"

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is EEOC v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), decided on May...

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EEOC Ordered to Split Subpoena Compliance Costs With Third-Party Tester

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On May 3, 2011 Judge Arthur J. Schwab of the District Court of Western Pennsylvania...

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7th Circuit Rules in LEWIS V. CHICAGO

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology As reported in a May 2010 alert, the Supreme Court unanimously opined that the...

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Addendum to 2nd Circuit Court Ruling in US V. NYC BD. OF ED.

I believe that the 2nd Circuit ruling in this case as relates to affirmative action is both confusing and, based on prior Supreme Court precedents,...

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2nd Circuit Court Becomes First Appeals Court to Invoke Ricci Standard

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology I guess that’s appropriate since the 2nd Circuit was the “victim” of the Supreme...

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DCI Staff Present at SIOP’S 26th Annual Conference Held in Chicago

The 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 14-16, 2011 in Chicago, IL. Attendees...

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Some Thoughts on Oral Arguments in Dukes V. Wal Mart

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology As reported in an alert on March 30, 2011, two of our DCI colleagues (David Morgan &...