Attorneys for the Plaintiff California public sector teachers in the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association have taken the extraordinarily rare step of petitioning the Supreme Court for a…
Read More ›Number 24: The Supreme Court Balances TheTension Between Disparate Treatment And Disparate Impact Discrimination In Employment Testing Employment tests and other selection procedures have long been part of hiring and…
Read More ›Number 14: Discrimination Laws Apply To State And Local Government Employees Title VII, as enacted in 1964, had a rather large coverage gap: millions of American workers employed by State…
Read More ›November 22, 2013
Ninth Circuit Finds That The Garcetti “Official Duties” Rule Does Not Apply To Public University Employee Academic Speech
The Ninth Circuit, in Demers v. Austin, 729 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2013), has boldly gone — where other federal circuit courts have heretofore been reluctant to venture — in declaring that…
Read More ›January 24, 2013
New California Legislation Affecting Colleges And Universities In 2013 Focuses On Student Issues
The California Legislature took aim this past session to address topics near and dear to many college and university students: social media, textbook, loans, and athletic scholarships. Hands Off Student…
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