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...
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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 8, 2011, Judge Colleen Kollar-Koteely of the District Court of the District of Columbia approved a 32 million dollar settlement between Wells Fargo and a class of more than 3,000...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a consent decree announced on June 6, 2011, AstraZeneca agreed to a $250,000 (plus interest) settlement on behalf of 124 female pharmaceutical sales specialists that, allegedly,...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is Zamora v. Houston [2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 9827], decided on May 12, 2011. The facts are that a Houston Police Department (HPD) lieutenant (Manuel Zamora) filed original race...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is EEOC v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), decided on May 24, 2011 [2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55311]. The facts of the case are as follows. The EEOC sued UPMC on...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn May 3, 2011 Judge Arthur J. Schwab of the District Court of Western Pennsylvania ordered the EEOC and Kronos Inc. to split the costs (estimated at $75,000) of complying with a...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported in a May 2010 alert, the Supreme Court unanimously opined that the plaintiffs in Lewis v. Chicago may proceed to trial with their adverse impact challenge to written exams...
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, incorrect. Bare with me as I explain. Let’s begin by comparing the rulings in United Steelworkers v....
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyI guess that’s appropriate since the 2nd Circuit was the “victim” of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. Destefano (2009). Recall that in Ricci, the 2nd Circuit endorsed the City of...
The 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 14-16, 2011 in Chicago, IL. Attendees and presenters from a variety of industries and backgrounds took part in the event. As is typically...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported in an alert on March 30, 2011, two of our DCI colleagues (David Morgan & Eileen Curtayne) attended oral arguments held a day earlier Wal Mart v. Dukes. I will assume the...
by David Morgan and Eileen Curtayne, Ph.D., DCI Consulting GroupDCI staff visited the U.S Supreme Court (USSC) on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. At approximately 5:40 a.m., there were already well over 90 people in line hoping for a ticket to hear the...