Discrimination, Gender Discrimination

California District Court Partially Enjoins Application of DEI and “Gender Ideology” Executive Orders Against Coalition of...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/23/2025

Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the case of San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump temporarily halted enforcement of parts of the diversity, equity and inclusion and “gender...more

Intentionally Discriminatory Public Offering Stalled At The SEC

Allen Matkins on 4/7/2025

In this February post, I pondered the question of whether an issuer could allocate shares on the basis of race, gender or ethnicity. That post was inspired by the case of Glennon v. Johnson, U.S. Dist. Ct. Case No....more

Time Was Not on Her Side: 5th Circuit Rules Unpaid Mentor’s Claim of Discrimination Is Untimely

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/11/2025

In Title VII actions, plaintiffs have a limited amount of time to file a charge of discrimination (or a court can dismiss the case as untimely). In the case of Wells v. Texas Tech University, the timeliness dynamic was...more

Working Mothers: Workplace Travel Requirements Do Not Automatically Amount to Indirect Discrimination

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/10/2025

Ms Perkins (the Claimant) was employed as head of Enforcement Local Taxation in the Helmshore office of MH Ltd’s enforcement company (the Company). The Company restructured its enforcement services so that work in Darlington,...more

New Visa Restrictions Target Transgender Athletes, Raising Title IX and Compliance Concerns for Colleges

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/27/2025

On February 24, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department to deny visas to transgender athletes if their sex marker does not align with their sex assigned at birth. His directive, 25 STATE 15576,...more

Trump Bans Transgender Women Athletes from Participating in Athletics

Littler on 2/12/2025

In the latest slew of executive orders affecting educational institutions, on February 5, 2025, President Trump signed an order titled, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” This order states, “it is the policy of the United...more

New Executive Order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” Creates Challenging Questions for Oregon School Districts

Miller Nash LLP on 2/7/2025

On February 5, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. This EO expresses strong disapproval of policies allowing transgender girls and women to participate on girls’...more

How the EFAA Applies to Employee Arbitration Agreements in Sexual Harassment Cases Involving Conduct That Preceded the Law’s...

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 9/18/2024

On August 12, 2024, the Second Circuit held that a plaintiff's hostile work environment claims were subject to the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 ("EFAA"), even though...more

What Construction Firm Employers Should Do Right Now to Minimize Legal Risk of Discrimination and Harassment Lawsuits

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/17/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2024, Seyfarth published a blog article warning construction industry employers of recent anti-harassment guidelines issued by the EEOC. We predicted that the EEOC has “put the construction...more

Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Employment Claims

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/27/2024

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act requires employees alleging employment discrimination to show they suffered an adverse employment action as a result of their membership in a protected class....more

Employers Beware: Title VII Now Allows Employees to More Easily Challenge Your Decision to Transfer or Reassign Them

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 5/21/2024

On April 17, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, a case involving a St. Louis Police Department officer’s claim that she was subject to a discriminatory job...more

Gender-Affirming Care Remains a Hot Topic in 2024

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/17/2024

Our April 9 blog post highlighted several issues to watch during 2024, one of which was gender-affirming care considerations. Just over a month later, there have now been three key developments with respect to that issue:...more

No More Adjectives… Just Some Harm: Supreme Rules on Title VII Job Transfer Threshold

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/2/2024

If you transfer an employee to a job with no loss in pay or title but the employee thinks it is less desirable, can that employee sue you for discrimination under Title VII? While it depends on the facts, in Muldrow v. St....more

Diskriminierung im Bewerbungsprozess? Was Sie als Arbeitgeber jetzt wissen sollten

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/16/2024

Die Ampelkoalition hat in ihrem Koalitionsvertrag die Ausweitung des Anwendungsbereichs des Allgemeinen Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) vorgesehen. Ob dies in dieser Legislaturperiode tatsächlich noch geschieht, ist fraglich....more

Menopause in the Workplace: A Multi-Faceted Issue

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/14/2023

Menopause is something that approximately 50 percent of the workforce will experience during their working lives, but it is still infrequently discussed or considered in the workplace and many of us are unaware of how...more

Ultimatum on Ultimate Employment Decisions: Fifth Circuit Expands Standard on Adverse Employment Decisions Under Title VII

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/22/2023

If you are an employer covered by the federal Fifth Circuit (Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi), you are probably familiar with the “ultimate employment decision” standard: In determining whether an employee suffered an...more

MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter July 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/20/2023

Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general across the country and...more

Md. Attorney General Can Now Bring Civil Actions Against Commercial Property Owners for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 5/22/2023

A new Maryland law allows the attorney general to seek equitable relief and fines of up to $25,000, as well as fees, against civil rights violators. The Maryland General Assembly passed during its recent session SB 540,...more

Weekends Revisited? Fifth Circuit Re-examines Gender-Specific Scheduling Decision

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/4/2023

Can you have an employment policy that is clearly based on gender? What if it doesn’t affect an “ultimate employment decision,” such as hiring, firing, promoting, granting leave or compensation? Last year, we told you about a...more

The U.S. Department Of Education’s Proposed Title IX Regulations: Expanding The Scope And Offering Options For Higher Education...

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 7/13/2022

Takeaway: The latest proposed amendments to the Title IX regulations would expand the scope of Title IX (by geography, time, and type of sex discrimination), create new obligations for higher education institutions, and...more

Title IX Celebrates 50 Years and the U.S. Department of Education Releases Proposed Changes to Title IX Regulations

Clark Hill PLC on 6/27/2022

June 23, 2022, marked the 50-year anniversary of Title IX, as well as the release date of the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) long-awaited proposed changes to the Title IX regulations for federally funded elementary...more

Court Enjoins Law Requiring California Businesses Have Women on Their Board of Directors

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/20/2022

On May 13, 2022, a law requiring publicly held corporations headquartered in California to have women on the board of directors was enjoined from being enforced and declared unconstitutional after a bench trial in Los Angeles...more

College Coach Alleges Gender Stereotyping in Discrimination Claim

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/15/2022

A female gymnastics coach at Towson University in Maryland has filed a lawsuit claiming that the University fired her because of her gender, while she was pregnant and after she complained about being treated differently than...more

Whose Burden is it Anyway? NJ Appellate Division Holds Employee Fails to Meet the Burden of Persuasion of Showing Discriminatory...

Genova Burns LLC on 1/19/2022

Despite surviving summary judgment, securing a favorable verdict at the second trial, and being awarded counsel fees, Plaintiff’s gender discrimination case was abruptly dismissed by the Appellate Division. On January 3,...more

DC Bill Would Ban Algorithmic Discrimination

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 1/19/2022

The Council of the District of Columbia is currently considering landmark legislation that would impose significant obligations on many entities that use algorithms. In sum, the Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act precludes...more

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