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Jobless claims down slightly, retail sales up slig…
Jobless claims down slightly, retail sales up slightly
Reuters reports: “U.S. jobless claims eased last week and retail sales inched higher in May, the government said on Thursday in reports that painted a moderately positive picture of the economy.”
Retail sales grew 0.1 percent. Taking out the gasoline component, which fell, retail sales [...]
District court applies gender stereotype theory to…
District court applies gender stereotype theory to harassment of gay male employee
Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports on a Philadelphis district court decision in Kay v. IBC in which a gay male employee presented evidence he was subjected to gender stereotyping, being harassed for failure to conform to expectations of male conduct [...]
Supreme Court holds direct evidence not necessary …
Supreme Court holds direct evidence not necessary to obtain mixed motive instruction under Title VII
In Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa, (6/9/03), the Court interpreted §107 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which provides: “an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a [...]
Missouri Court of Appeals venue ruling addresses i…
Missouri Court of Appeals venue ruling addresses individual liability of corporate employee
In State of Missouri, ex rel. The Doe Run Resources Corp. v. Honorable Margaret M. Neill, (Mo. App. E.D. 05/20/2003), whether venue was proper in the City of St. Louis turned on whether the joinder of the corporate defendant’s vice president and chief financial [...]
More on electronic discovery An article by Jas…
More on electronic discovery
An article by Jason Krause in the ABA Journal E-Report entitled “E-Discovery Order Changing The Rules: Federal Decision Deals With Who Pays the Costs” reports on the decision of Judge Shira Scheindlin in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg (S.D.N.Y. 5/13/03), a gender discrimination and retaliation case.
In Zubulake, Judge Scheindlin discusses in [...]
