Court reverses itself in striking $3.5M punitive award against Chrysler 
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: hostile environment, punitive damages, race discrimination, religious discrimination, Title VII
A Chrysler employee failed to produce sufficient evidence of malice or recklessness to justify a substantial award of punitive damages in a Title VII hostile environment case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Former shareholder can’t sue under Title VII
Published: May 1, 2013
Tags: Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates v. Wells, religious discrimination, Title VII
A former shareholder-director of a close corporation did not qualify as an “employee” who could sue for religious discrimination under Title VII, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Employee who complained about office affair can’t sue
Published: May 1, 2013
Tags: hostile work environment, paramours, retaliation, sex discrimination, Title VII
An employee who alleged she was forced to quit her job after her complaints about an office affair were ignored could not sue for retaliation under Title VII, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Mixed feelings in mixed-motive Title VII case
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 24, 2013
Tags: employment discrimination, mixed-motive retaliation, Title VII, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to have mixed feelings about allowing an employee asserting a Title VII-based retaliation claim to prove that his complaint of discrimination was one motivating factor for the employer’s adverse action rather than the but-for cause.
Fee-shifting doesn’t apply in Title VII retaliation case
Published: April 10, 2013
Tags: fee shifting, mixed-motive retaliation, race discrimination, Title VII
An employee who sued for mixed-motive retaliation was not entitled to an award under a Title VII fee- and cost-shifting provision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
Employee must arbitrate ‘pattern-or-practice’ suit
Published: March 26, 2013
Tags: arbitration, class action, sex discrimination, Title VII
An employer could compel arbitration when sued by a former female employee for engaging in a continuing pattern or practice of sex discrimination, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
Attorney’s lawsuit against ex-firm is dismissed
Published: January 24, 2013
Tags: Discrimination, independent contractors, race discrimination, Title VII
An attorney’s race discrimination suit against law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been dismissed on summary judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
EMPLOYMENT
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 22, 2013
Tags: employment, retaliation, Title VII, U.S. Supreme Court
Does Title VII’s retaliation provision require a plaintiff to prove but-for causation, or only that the employer had a mixed motive?
Does mixed-motive analysis apply in retaliation case?
Published: January 22, 2013
Tags: constructive discharge, Mixed-motive, retaliation, Title VII, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Title VII’s retaliation provision requires a plaintiff to prove but-for causation, or only that the employer had a mixed motive.
Hostile environment suit isn’t time-barred
Published: January 18, 2013
Tags: employment discrimination, hostile work environment, National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, Title VII
A hostile environment plaintiff was not required to show the “permanence” of underlying acts of discrimination in order to proceed under a continuing violation theory, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
