In 2013, our firm published a study of the summary judgment dismissal rates for employment discrimination cases in the Northern District of Georgia. Although there were many arguments about the underlying cause for the statistics, no one disputed that of those cases decided by the court at summary judgment, the vast majority were dismissed. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed those dismissals almost 90 percent of the time.
But has the tide turned? In talking with practitioners on both sides, the general consensus is that it has.
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