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Lawyers USA’s Top Ten Opinions of 2011 

Published: January 6, 2012

Tags: arbitration, breath test, drunk driving, Facebook, gestational agreement, health care reform, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Obamacare, parental rights, privacy, product liability, sexual orientation discrimination, source code, transgender

As usual, there were a number of noteworthy decisions from federal and state courts in 2011:

1. Topping the list is the 11th Circuit’s decision to strike down the individual mandate in the new federal healthcare reform law.

The federal appeals court’s ruling is probably the
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Ledbetter Act doesn’t save age-bias claims 

Published: December 1, 2011

Tags: age bias, age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

The claim accrual rules of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act did not preserve the age discrimination claims of plaintiffs who accepted lower paying jobs when their positions were eliminated, the 10th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.

Failure to promote claim is time-barred 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: October 5, 2010

Tags: failure to promote, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, time-barred

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act does not apply to failure-to-promote claims, the 3rd Circuit has ruled.

Ledbetter Act doesn’t revive age-bias lawsuit 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: February 17, 2010

Tags: Age Discrimination in Employment Act, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, statute of limitations

A new federal law extending the statute of limitations for certain job discrimination claims does not revive the lawsuit of an accountant who alleged he was not promoted to partner because of his age, the D.C. Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.

On Ledbetter anniversary, lawmakers urge more action 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 26, 2010

Tags: Equal Pay Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Obama, retaliation

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers marking the one-year anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act being signed by President Barack Obama said more work needs to be done – and urged passage of another law that would further boost worker protections.

What the Obama presidency means for lawyers 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 9, 2009

Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2010, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Obama

President Barack Obama has been in office for less than a year, but already his White House has implemented or signaled a host of changes that affect the way trial attorneys practice law and run their businesses.

Ledbetter Act revives female employee’s pay claims 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: September 16, 2009

Tags: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

An employer’s failure to respond to a female employee’s request for a pay raise may constitute a discriminatory act that renews the statute of limitations on a federal gender discrimination claim, the 3rd Circuit has ruled.

Fair Pay Act doesn’t extend time for non-compensation claims 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: June 9, 2009

Tags: Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Title VII

The recently enacted federal Fair Pay Act does not extend the statute of limitations for race and age discrimination claims unrelated to equal compensation, a U.S. District Court in New Jersey has ruled.

Failure-to-promote claim time-barred 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: May 27, 2009

Tags: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

In one of the first decisions to interpret the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled that the Act did not extend the statute of limitations on a worker’s failure-to-promote claim.

Effect of pregnancy leave decision debated 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 20, 2009

Tags: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act

In one of his last opinions as a Supreme Court justice, Justice David Souter led a 7-2 majority in holding that an employer does not violate the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it fails to fully credit pregnancy leave taken before the effective date of the Act in calculating pension benefits.