Entries Tagged as 'Title VII'

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Deconstructing Wal-Mart v. Dukes

Introduction
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Wal-Mart v. Dukes predictably sparked sharp debate between commentators, court observers, and counsel. This post briefly summarizes the opinion and offers a few relevant observations. The scope is intended for non-lawyers. We do not discuss the intricate nature of Rule 23 certification. […]

Friday, June 24th, 2011

USSCT: New guidance on fee awards (frivolous and nonfrivolous claims)


Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

DAlaska: Federal Employee Wins Retaliation Jury Trial, Loses Post-Trial Motions


Thursday, April 7th, 2011

9th Cir: Private Employer Decisions on Security Clearances Sometimes Subject to Judicial Review


Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

AkBA ELS: Recent Decisions


Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

EEOC Awards Substantial Fees in Title VII Claim against TSA


Friday, March 4th, 2011

USSCt: Guidance on Cat’s Paw Theory


Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

DAlaska: Postma’s Complaint


Monday, October 18th, 2010

DAlaska: No HWE Back Pay Award if No Constructive Discharge


Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

DAlaska: “Boy” as Racially Hostile Term


Thursday, September 16th, 2010

DAlaska: Title 18, Title VII, Tolling, etc.


Monday, August 23rd, 2010

DAlaska: ANSCA Shareholder Preference, and AWHA Executive Exemption


Thursday, July 8th, 2010

9th Cir: Sex BFOQ in Women’s Prison


Friday, June 25th, 2010

Alaska Supreme Court Affirms Arbitrator’s Reinstatement of Bad Cop


Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

9th Cir: No Repeal of the Feres Doctrine


Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

AkBA Employment Law Section Meeting: When may Federal Employees Use State Discrimination Law?


Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

USSCt: Timely Filing of Title VII Disparate Impact Claims


Thursday, May 20th, 2010

9th Cir: Reconciling the 1st Amendment and a Public Employee’s Right to Harassment-free Work


Thursday, May 6th, 2010

9th Cir: Title VII Agency Fee Awards


Thursday, April 29th, 2010

9th Cir: Takes Conviction Records Case En Banc


Thursday, April 1st, 2010

9th Cir: Employee’s Batson Challenge Succeeds on Appeal


Friday, February 26th, 2010

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Tort Assignments, Title VII Individual Liability, and Federal Summary Judgment


Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

DAlaska: Discrimination in Selection


Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

DAlaska: Beistline Again Upholds Red Dog Shareholder Preference


Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

9th Cir: Beware of Use of Arrest and Conviction Records


Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Resolve Competing Cat’s Paw Liability Tests


Thursday, November 12th, 2009

DAlaska: Update on Red Dog Mine Shareholder Preference Case


Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Update on Fred Meyer Sweetie Case


Thursday, September 10th, 2009

9th Cir: No Protection for Complaint about Isolated Incident


Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

9th Cir: Subjective Criteria and the Prima Facie Case in Title VII


Friday, September 4th, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: NEA-Alaska Pays, and the Feds Lift Medicaid Moratorium


Thursday, August 27th, 2009

EEO Training in Alaska


Monday, August 24th, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Title VII Settlement, Attorney Neglect, and Attorney Fees


Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

9th Cir: Co-Worker Evaluations, and Same-Actor Inference


Monday, August 10th, 2009

9th Cir: Affirms Beistline in Red Dog Case


Thursday, August 6th, 2009

DAlaska: Burgess Dismisses Defamation and Discrimination Claims


Monday, July 27th, 2009

DAlaska: Interrogatory Subparts, Spoliation


Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

9th Cir: Upholds EEOC on Federal EEO Exhaustion


Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

USSCt: New Affirmative Action Guidelines


Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

DAlaska: Preemption of Federal Employee’s State Law Claims


Monday, May 18th, 2009

USSCt: Court Provides Guidance on Retirement Benefits for Women Who Took Pregnancy Leave Before April 1979


Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Union Disclosure of Legal Bills Associated with EEOC Charges


Friday, May 1st, 2009

9th Cir: Alaska Has No Immunity From GERA Claim


Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

9th Cir: Stepmother Discrimination and Retaliation After a “Firing Freeze”


Friday, April 17th, 2009

Judge Bybee on “Severe Mental Pain”


Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

9th Cir: Transgender Employment Discrimination Violates Title VII


Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Hostile Work Environment, Section 1983 Defamation, and Game Board Discipline,


Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Proving Pretext - An Annotated Checklist


Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Bad Day in the Riccardo Green Household


Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Reverse Discrimination, Clean Water, and Calypso


Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Ninth Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Class Action


Thursday, February 19th, 2009

DAlaska: Individual Liability under Title VII


Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Progress on Ledbetter Bill


Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

USSCt: New Guidance on Retaliation Claims


Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

USSCt: Will Review Affirmative Action


Monday, January 26th, 2009

Suddock Rejects Multiple Employment Claims, Says Employment Law “Ain’t Beanbag”


Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

DAlaska: Beistline Awards Nominal Fees and Costs in Red Dog Case


Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

9th Cir: More Employment Law


Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

9th Cir: EEOC Subpoena Power


Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

9th Circuit Addresses the Constitutionality of GERA


Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

9th Cir: Panel Affirms Sedwick in Mun v. U of Alaska


Friday, August 15th, 2008

DAlaska: Collateral Estoppel in Title VII and Title 18


Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

9th Cir: Commonality Element in Rule 23


Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

EEOC Manual on Religious Discrimination


Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

DAlaska: Court Upholds NANA Shareholder Preference at Red Dog


Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

9th Cir: The Petition for Rehearing in State v. EEOC


Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

9th Cir: En Banc Review for Alaska v. EEOC


Monday, June 30th, 2008

EEOC: Proper Use of Conviction Records


Friday, June 27th, 2008

9th Cir: Preemption of State Fee Awards in Little Title VII Cases


Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

9th Cir: 60-day Conciliation Period and the Right-to-Sue Letter


Monday, June 23rd, 2008

9th Cir: Rejection of Bassoonist after Audition


Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

9th Circuit on the “Similarly-situated” Test: Can This Be Right?


Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Several Civil Rights Opinions


Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

9th Cir: Title VII and FBI Security Clearances


Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Employee Rights at Law Firms


Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Alaska Bar Convention, Day Two: Miscellanea


Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Sixth Circuit Court Allows Employee’s Fiance to Sue for Retaliation


Monday, April 14th, 2008

MORE ON MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS, U.S. House Sergeant at Arms Deals with Sexual Harassment and Race Discrimination


Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Title VII Settlement for Violation of Earlier Settlement


Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Joint Employer Liability


Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

DAlaska: Title VII Issues


Monday, March 31st, 2008

9th Cir: Women on Construction Sites


Friday, March 28th, 2008

9th Cir: Sexual Harassment on Construction Sites


Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

9th Cir: EEOC Right-to-Sue Letter


Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Innovative Alaskan EEOC Claimant


Thursday, January 10th, 2008

9th Cir: Today’s Employment Opinions


Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Legal Miscellanea


Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

9th Cir: Amended Opinion in WalMart Case


Friday, November 30th, 2007

Caregiver Claims


Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

9th Cir: Evidence of Racial Animus


Monday, November 19th, 2007

Alaska Supreme Court: Comparative Qualifications in Discrimination Cases


Thursday, November 8th, 2007

9th Cir: State of Alaska Has 11th Amendment Immunity From Title VII Claims by Policymaking Assistants


Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Teenagers and Sexual Harassment


Friday, November 2nd, 2007

9th Cir: Two Recent Opinions on the ADA, DFR, and Title VII


Monday, October 1st, 2007

EEOC Sues NEA-Alaska Again


Friday, September 14th, 2007

9th Circuit OKs Waiver of Future Federal Civil Rights Claims


Monday, August 20th, 2007

EEOC Consent Decree in Zale’s Pregnancy Case


Friday, August 17th, 2007

2nd Cir: Gardner-Denver Lives


Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Sample Discovery on Faragher/Ellerth Affirmative Defense


Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

House Passes Ledbetter Bill; Young Supports, Bush Threatens


Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Impact of Parents Involved Opinion on Employment Diversity Programs


Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Bill to Reverse Ledbetter


Friday, June 22nd, 2007

EEOC Chair Discusses Race and Youth Initiatives


Monday, June 18th, 2007

More on “Ledbetter” from NELA


Monday, June 4th, 2007

U S Supremes Grant Cert in EEOC Intake Case


Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

U S Supreme Court: Ledbetter v. Goodyear


Friday, May 25th, 2007

EEOC Guidance on Caregivers’ Rights


Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Section 1981 Claims against ANCSA Corporations


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