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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 ...