Jeffrey Campolongo

January 24, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The LGBT movement has sometimes been described as this generation's civil rights movement. As societal norms continue to shape the social landscape, so too do the opinions of the courts when it comes to issues affecting the LGBT community.

By Jeffrey Campolongo

7 minute read

November 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Without question, one of the topics civil rights lawyers like to discuss (and argue over) most is the issue of attorney fees. After all, getting paid for the work we do is typically the icing on the cake to celebrate a victory for our clients. As the U.S. Supreme Court articulated in one of the earliest cases construing Title VII, Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, 390 U.S. 400 (1968), plaintiffs who bring actions for violation of the public accommodations provisions are "vindicating a policy that Congress considered of the highest priority" by acting as "private attorneys general." Eventually, Congress codified the private attorneys general principle into law with the enactment of the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

By Jeffrey Campolongo

7 minute read

April 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Does an employee have a right to privacy when communicating with her attorney while using her employer's computer? That was the question the New Jersey Supreme Court recently grappled with in Stengart v. Loving Care Agency Inc.

By Jeffrey Campolongo And Jennie Maura McLaughlin

6 minute read

March 26, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Brenna Lewis is an Iowa woman who describes her appearance as "slightly more masculine." Lewis prefers to wear loose-fitting clothing, including men's button-down shirts and slacks. She avoids makeup and wears her hair short. At times, Lewis has been mistaken for a male and referred to as "tomboyish." One of her supervisors allegedly characterized Lewis' look as "an Ellen DeGeneres kind of look."

By Jeffrey Campolongo And Jennie Mara McLaughlin

6 minute read

February 26, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

For almost two decades, African-American farmers have contended that the U.S. government was violating their civil rights by discriminating against them on the basis of race.

By Jeffrey Campolongo

4 minute read

December 20, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Employment law attorneys often get calls about workplace favoritism and nepotism. As unfair as the circumstances can sometimes be, there is usually nothing unlawful about the employer's actions.

By Jeffrey Campolongo

4 minute read

December 26, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Employment law attorneys often get calls about workplace favoritism and nepotism. As unfair as the circumstances can sometimes be, there is usually nothing unlawful about the employer's actions.

By Jeffrey Campolongo

4 minute read

December 26, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Employment law attorneys often get calls about workplace favoritism and nepotism. As unfair as the circumstances can sometimes be, there is usually nothing unlawful about the employer's actions.

By Jeffrey Campolongo

4 minute read

June 03, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Delaware legislature has introduced a bill to require "just cause" for terminating an employee, which represents a significant departure from employment law practice in every other state but Montana.

By Jeffrey Campolongo and Jennie Maura McLaughlin

5 minute read

April 24, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

In what experts predict will be another obstacle, for now, for employee rights, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett held that, where a collective bargaining agreement clearly and unmistakably assigns statutory discrimination claims to arbitration, the employee in the bargaining unit forgoes the right to proceed with a claim in court.

By Jeffrey Campolongo

7 minute read