On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously ruled in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that plaintiffs alleging employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are not...more
6/12/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Ames v Ohio Department of Youth Services ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Appeals ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
On March 14, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s motion to stay the United States District Court for the District of Maryland’s preliminary injunction on the...more
On Friday, February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland entered a preliminary injunction halting provisions of two of President Trump’s executive orders that sought to effectively eliminate...more
2/27/2025
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Separation of Powers ,
Trump Administration
On January 21, 2025, amid a flurry of executive orders, President Trump issued an executive order titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity,” representing a critical change in federal policy...more
2/6/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
Potential plaintiffs and freshly sued defendants often discount the importance of damages analysis when it comes to litigation planning and execution. After all, disputes over liability receive far more attention during...more
6/8/2016
/ Compensatory Damages ,
Consequential Damages ,
Damages ,
Employment Discrimination ,
GA Supreme Court ,
Guarantors ,
Indemnity ,
Rule 30(b)(6) ,
SCOTUS ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo
On April 1, 2016, the United States Court for the District of Connecticut entered judgment on a jury verdict in Bakhit, et. al. v. Safety Markings, Inc. et. al., 3:13-CV-1049, an employment discrimination case, awarding the...more