News & Analysis as of August 19, 2025

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Christian teacher gets jury trial in name, pronoun case

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 8/8/2025

Divine intervention? John Kluge, a high school orchestra teacher in the Indianapolis area, was let go in 2018 after he refused to address transgender students by their preferred names and pronouns. Mr. Kluge, a Christian...more

Losing My Religion? 8th Circuit Finds that Freedom of Religion is Not a Justification for Employee Conduct

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 5/2/2025

The past few decades have seen a Supreme Court receptive to claims brought on the basis of freedom of religion. For example, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (June 2014), the Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care...more

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to McDonnell Douglas Discrimination Claims Analysis

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 3/14/2025

Since 1973, federal courts reviewing claims of employment discrimination have used a framework first established by the U.S. Supreme Court’s McDonnell Douglas decision. Under this framework, plaintiffs must show a prima facie...more

Groff v. DeJoy and Its Impact on Religious Accommodation

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/27/2023

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of religion (as well as race, color, sex, and national origin), and it...more

Will your prayers be answered on religious accommodations? Probably not.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/26/2023

In the past 30 days the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that denial of a religious accommodation requires proof of a real “undue hardship,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) sent a letter to the EEOC asking how it intended to...more

Separation of Church and State: The Application of the Ministerial Exception to Certain Employment Laws

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/26/2021

It is common knowledge among many human resources professionals that religious organizations generally are protected from religious discrimination lawsuits under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and most state...more

SCOTUS Wrapup and Preview 2020

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/25/2020

In this episode, recorded on Sept. 14, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik Shah returns to review the 2019 Supreme Court Term and preview the big cases and topics in the October 2020 Term. Among...more

A Simplified View Of The Supreme Court’s 2019-2020 Workplace Law Term

Fisher Phillips on 8/10/2020

Supreme Court decisions are often the most challenging pieces of legal guidance to understand. They are rarely straightforward and usually contain so much analysis that it becomes hard to get to the bottom of what was...more

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Religious Freedom in Government Benefits and Employment Decisions

Stoel Rives LLP on 7/15/2020

In three cases this term, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the freedom of religious institutions to access government benefits and to make employment decisions....more

Employers: Don't Overlook Your Title VII Defenses!

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 7/26/2019

Last month the U.S. Supreme Court simultaneously resolved a long-running dispute about procedure under Title VII and sent a message to employers that it is important to pay attention and act promptly when faced with a Title...more

Religious Institutions: June 2015

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/18/2015

Religious institutions commonly make payments to or receive payments directly or indirectly from governmental agencies for services rendered; e.g., day cares that benefit from public scholarships, hospitals that participate...more

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