Number 20: Bipartisan Gridlock Prevents Sexual Orientation From Becoming A Protected Class The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), if passed, would become the first federal legislation that prohibits employers from discriminating against…
Read More ›Number 3: In 1986, The Supreme Court Recognizes Sexual Harassment Claims It’s hard to imagine now, but from 1964 to 1986, “sexual harassment” as it is known today did not…
Read More ›In California, a plaintiff alleging retaliation can survive summary judgment, or prevail at trial, simply by showing that her protected activity was a “substantial motivating factor” in her adverse employment…
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U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Whether SOX Whistleblower Provisions Extend To Employees Of Privately Held Companies
On May 20, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to hear its first-ever Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower case in Lawson v. FMR LLC et al. The lower court’s controversial…
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