The federal agency responsible for enforcing laws against workplace discrimination will allow some complaints filed by transgender workers to move forward, shifting course from earlier guidance that ...

Earlier this term, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided that the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had made it too ...

A recent Supreme Court ruling in a case of so-called reverse discrimination is significant for employers and employees alike.

The take-away for plaintiffs in New Jersey is that a reverse discrimination claim will likely fare better in federal court under Title VII unless, of course, our state Supreme Court eventually ...

Understanding how the U.S. went from marriage equality a decade ago to steep backsliding on transgender rights today could ...

"This term, the Supreme Court made it easier for members of a majority group to state discrimination claims, temporarily allowed the president’s removal of two members of federal agencies ...

Following Parker, several other circuits adopted similar heightened standards in reverse-discrimination cases: 10th Circuit: Notari v. Denver Water Dep’t, 971 F.2d 585 (1992) 7th Circuit: Mills v.

Why is the Ames decision potentially so significant? It may very well signal the death knell of “reverse discrimination” as a viable legal concept.

Reverse discrimination is the label often given to court decisions in which a member of the “majority” was denied an equal right to sue for discrimination when they were passed over for promotion in ...