Western District denies Summary Judgment By Thomas J. Crane on September 5, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Summary Judgment An engineer worked for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or 23 years ...
Fourth Circuit Finds Former Employee Established Prima Facie Case of Retaliation By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on August 14, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law The Fourth Circuit revived the retaliation case of a former city employee who was ...
Time for Charge Starts when Decision is Made By Thomas J. Crane on July 5, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Statute of Limitations A frequent issue in discrimination cases concerns when does the time for filing a ...
Western District Denies Motion to Dismiss in FMLA Case By Thomas J. Crane on June 13, 2018 Posted in Discrimination In Myles v. UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, No. 17-00871-XR, 2018 US Dist. ...
Using Credit Histories in Employment Decisions: An Overview of Divergent State & Local Requirements By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on June 12, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law, Fair Credit Reporting Act Over the past few years, restrictions regarding the use of credit checks by employers on ...
Plaintiff’s Testimony On Pay Gap Sufficed By Thomas J. Crane on May 16, 2018 Posted in Discrimination Plaintiffs in employment cases often contend they are paid less than other, similarly ...
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal By Thomas J. Crane on May 9, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Fifth Circuit In a remarkable decision, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the grant of a 12(b)(6) motion ...
State-Specific Harassment Prevention Mandates: The Emerging Reality For Multi-State Employers By Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. on May 8, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law For more than thirty years, sexual harassment has been a recognized form of ...
Texas District Court "Assumes" Title VII Protects Transgender Status By Alicia Voltmer on April 16, 2018 Posted in Discrimination In Wittmer v. Phillips 66 Company, the plaintiff sued Phillips 66 claiming it rescinded her ...
The New Wave Of Title VII Suits Alleging Sexual Orientation Discrimination By Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. on March 27, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law In Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc., the plaintiff alleged he had been discriminated against ...
Persons with Autism Targeted for Hiring By Thomas J. Crane on February 15, 2018 Posted in Discrimination SAP started its Autism at Work program five years ago and has hired some 128 persons ...
No Religious Bias Against Hospital Employee Who Refused to Get Flu Shot By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on January 4, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law Mandatory vaccines and flu shots present challenges to employers attempting ...
How Much Retaliation is Enough Retaliation By Thomas J. Crane on September 6, 2017 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law The Fifth Circuit addressed the difficult question regarding what level of reprisal is ...
Federal Court Strikes Down Two Texas Congressional Districts By Paul Cannon on August 16, 2017 Posted in Congressional Districts, Constitutional Law, Discrimination A three-judge panel ruled that Texas Congressional Districts 27 and 35 ...
Houston Court of Appeals Rejects Direct Evidence By Thomas J. Crane on August 10, 2017 Posted in Discrimination “Direct” evidence of discrimination generally means a statement that clearly indicates ...
Toughest Sheriff Found Guilty of Contempt By Thomas J. Crane on August 1, 2017 Posted in Discrimination heriff Joe Arpaio targeted Hispanics in his traffic stops. He ignored an order from a ...
Northern District Strikes Bias Expert By Thomas J. Crane on July 26, 2017 Posted in Discrimination The EEOC sought to provide an expert at trial, who would describe the ASL language ...
Interactive Process Requires Good Faith By Thomas J. Crane on July 13, 2017 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law When you ask for an accommodation, you need to be careful what you ask for ...
Requests for Accommodation Under FMLA and ADA By Thomas J. Crane on June 6, 2017 Posted in Discrimination, FMLA Indeed, if an impairment is obvious, caselaw does not require the person to actually ...
Fourth Circuit Upholds Travel Ban By Thomas J. Crane on May 26, 2017 Posted in Discrimination The Fourth Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia has upheld the lower court’s ...
Discrimination Laws Regarding Lawful Off-Duty Conduct By Kyle White on December 7, 2016 Posted in Discrimination A number of states prohibit employers from taking adverse actions against employees ...
Seventh Circuit Ready to Recognize Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation By Thomas J. Crane on December 6, 2016 Posted in Discrimination The challenge for all judges is that Congress has considered amending Title VII to ...
