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As the economy has become more globalized and volatile, a growing number of companies have sought to minimize liabilities while maximizing profits by using the corporate form to create supposed separation between closely related entities. This “sep… Read More

For a number of years, the Supreme Court has signaled its interest in deciding a case under Title VIII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601, et seq., to address the viability of disparate impact doctrine. The disparate impact doctrine, also known as the discriminato… Read More

In a closely watched employment law and civil rights case, the Supreme Court emphatically rejected the common employer argument that employees have no right to a religious accommodation in the workplace unless they explicitly ask for one. Justice Ant… Read More

The Chicago City Council unanimously voted in favor of paying $5.5 million in reparations to numerous citizens who suffered torture at the hands of certain members of the Chicago Police Department. The torture tactics reportedly used by the notorious… Read More

The Supreme Court recently ruled that pregnant workers cannot be treated less favorably than non-pregnant workers simply because it is inconvenient or costly to accommodate pregnancy. In Young v. United Parcel Service, the plaintiff employee had medi… Read More

A Federal jury in New Orleans returned a verdict in the first of numerous labor trafficking cases against a global construction company with major operations in the United States, Signal International, Inc., and several co-defendants. The jury awarde… Read More

After considering the Federal government’s forceful national security argument, the Supreme Court – yet again – took an expansive approach to retaliation claims in a recent and high-profile case. In that matter, Dep’t of Homeland Security v.… Read More

Although the banksters and their accomplices have emerged from the Great Recession largely unscathed, many people across the country still struggle now. For those among the proverbial 99%, the news of a potential settlement between the Department of… Read More