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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +
Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's race, religion, gender, age, to name a few.  less -
Greenberg Glusker LLP

Sovereign Immunity and Younger Abstention Doctrine Don’t Protect States from Antidiscrimination Provisions

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The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”) has held for the first time that neither sovereign immunity nor the Younger abstention doctrine constrain bankruptcy courts from enjoining State governmental disciplinary...more

Cozen O'Connor

Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services

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In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that Title VII’s protections against discrimination do not require majority group individuals (including white people, men, and heterosexuals) to...more

Fisher Phillips

Court Lowers Punitive Damages Bar In Claims Against NYC Employers

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The state’s highest court might have just made life more difficult for employers facing liability under New York City’s anti-bias law. Clarifying a question left open by New York City’s Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), the New York...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Pennsylvania employers beware: One slur by a supervisor can now create a hostile work environment.

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The Third Circuit recently ruled that a single extreme act of discrimination can produce an actionable hostile work environment claim. In doing so, the court clarified that the legal standard for such claims requires that an...more

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