By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 18, 2017
A gay man has won legal recognition of his common-law marriage to his partner, who died two months before the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
By Scott Flaherty | April 17, 2017
Sanford Heisler said outgoing Tennessee federal Judge Kevin Sharp will expand the firm and help it trade blows with Chadbourne & Parke in a $100 million sex bias suit.
By Kristen Rasmussen | April 12, 2017
The University of Florida's top legal Gator has spent the last few months wrestling a prominent Gainesville attorney in a match that includes scathing employee reviews, administrative leave and even hints of criminal wrongdoing.
By Leigh Jones | April 11, 2017
One is a partner at Mayer Brown; another is a partner at Reed Smith. Both are adamant about helping LGBT lawyers thrive in the profession.
By David Ruiz | April 7, 2017
The bench trial over the U.S. Department of Labor's lawsuit against Google Inc. alleging the company failed to turn over employee compensation data as part of a compliance review, as required by law, started Friday in San Francisco.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 6, 2017
In the wake of Tuesday's ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects against sexual orientation-based workplace discrimination, lawyers observed that employers will have to expand their anti-discrimination policies to adapt to the times.
By Andrew Denney | April 5, 2017
A federal judge has pared claims from a discrimination lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education over the treatment of three black teachers at a Queens high school. But the major allegations in the suit, that the former principal for the Pan American International High School in Elmhurst targeted black teachers through patterns of discrimination, remain intact.
By Ben Hancock | April 5, 2017
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act, in what was hailed as a landmark decision by gay rights advocates who have fought for years to expand workplace protections.
By Ben Hancock | April 4, 2017
Overruling years of precedent, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday concluded that discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act.
By John Council | April 4, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has rejected an equal protection case filed by an African American attorney after ruling he couldn't prove he was injured by something that is displayed in every courthouse where he practices — the Mississippi state flag, which is adorned with the image of the Confederate battle flag.
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