Title VII

Actually, Your Reputation Isn’t Everything

Risk-taking is necessary to implement widescale change.

3 Questions For A Law Clerk Turned Advocate For Judicial Accountability (Part II)

Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, continues her discussion of her work in judicial accountability.

3 Questions For A Law Clerk Turned Advocate For Judicial Accountability (Part I)

Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, discusses her work in judicial accountability.

Being A Bigot Won’t Get You Protection Under Title VII

This federal appellate judge isn't here for these absurd allegations.

AG Jeff Sessions Thinks Circuit Judges Must’ve Read The Failing Newspaper Of Record Before Reversing Themselves

Or, they decided that the standing precedent was incorrect.

What’s Happening With Sexual Orientation Discrimination In The Workplace?

We're stuck with our current jurisprudential patchwork until the Supreme Court decides a workplace discrimination case.

Can Harvey Weinstein Be Successfully Sued?

Can the women who have accused him of sexual harassment (or worse) recover damages?

Skirts, Hair Follicles, The Flu, And The Mark Of The Beast — Say What?

Religious discrimination cases are dominating headlines -- and raising thorny legal issues.

Morning Docket: 07.28.17

* The Senate rejects the latest GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act -- with Senator John McCain casting the decisive "no" vote. [Washington Post] * Riley Safer Holmes and Cancila continues its rapid expansion, adding 13 new lawyers -- including eight from Bryan Cave, led by former managing partner Joseph McCoy. [Law360] * More bad news for the LGBT community from the Trump administration: the Justice Department takes the position that Title VII doesn't cover discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. [How Appealing] * Meanwhile, civil rights and LGBT groups get ready to file suit if President Trump's plan to ban transgender people from the military becomes a reality (which is not yet the case). [National Law Journal] * And these groups might just prevail -- Michael Richter and Anna Pohl, chairs of the New York City Bar Association’s Military Affairs and LGBT Rights Committees, lay out the case for why the transgender ban is unconstitutional. [The Hill] * Stephanie Francis Ward takes a long, hard look at the woes of Charlotte School of Law -- and the rest of the beleaguered Infilaw consortium of law schools. [ABA Journal] * Closing statements in the Martin Shkreli case paint very different pictures of the infamous "Pharma Bro." [Law.com] * Nuisance claims, or nuisance suits? Judge James Donato (N.D. Cal.) seems skeptical of a purported class-action case targeting Pokémon GO (which recently added Legendaries to the game). [The Recorder]

What Is Sexual Harassment In Today’s Workplace?

Has the twenty-first century seen the beginning of the end of sexual harassment in the workplace? Hardly.

Bullying At Work: Are You Vulnerable?

A major common theme: powerlessness or a big workplace power differential.

Non-Sequiturs: 03.27.17

* The untold story behind the Anita Hill hearings. [Highline] * This could be big: a Second Circuit concurrence says Title VII already includes prohibitions against sexual orientation discrimination. [Slate] * How the GOP learned to stop worrying and love regulations. [Politico] * Jeff Sessions makes the first move against sanctuary cities. [Pacific Standard] * What lawyers can learn from watching television. [Law and More] * Pay equity moves to the hockey rink. [The Hill] * Bad laws will cost you. [The Slot]

Why Do Bully Bosses Bully Their Stars – And Redheads?

It's more about the bully than the star, as columnist Richard Cohen explains.

Smelly Workplace? A Case Of ‘Extreme Gas’ In The Ol’ Factory

Can you be fired for farting up a storm (or for associating with someone who does)?

Common Misconceptions About Employment Law: Laws that Don’t Exist

The holes in federal law make for some unpleasant state laws. But employers who value diversity can do something about it.