The Supreme Court declined to review Mosby v. City of Byron, a case by a Georgia fire chief alleging she was discharged for being transgender in violation of Title VII and the ADA. Mosby argued the 11th Circuit panel did not properly apply the Fort Bend County v. Davis ruling.
Tennessee became the first state in the Mid South to adopt CROWN legislation. Tennessee’s CROWN Act prohibits employers from adopting a policy that does not permit employees to wear their hair in braids, locs, twists, or any symbolic of the cultural identification.
A federal judge agreed with the University of Colorado that a longtime cancer researcher failed to show he was subjected to a hostile work environment based on his race, religion
“[I]n the popular press and to the average citizen, ‘derivatives,’ much like speculation, has become a dirty word, hindering informed discussion.” Roberta Romano, Maryland Law Review, 1996 The 2010 Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was Congress’s response to the 2008 financial crisis.[1] Titles VII and VIII of the act dramatically altered the way certain derivatives markets are regulated.
In a case brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Groves v. South Bend Community School Corp. the Seventh Circuit provided guidance on measures employers can take to avoid liability for reverse discrimination claims as with traditional discrimination claims.