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Split Supreme Court Narrows Definition Of 'Supervisor'
Posted on 24 Jun 2013 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) An employer is vicariously liable for an employee's harassment only if that employee is given the power by the employer "to take tangible employment actions against the victim," a split U.S. Supreme Court... Read More

Tags: Inc. v. Ellerth , Employment Law , Maetta Vance v. Ball State University , Burlington Industries , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , Faragher v. Boca Raton , harassment , Litigation , supervisor liability , U.S. Supreme Court , EEOC , vicarious employer liability

Williams Mullen: U.S. Supreme Court Hands Down 2 Significant Cases for Employers
Posted on 10 Jul 2013 by Williams Mullen

By David C. Burton On June 24 the United States Supreme Court handed down two significant and closely watched decisions affecting employers in Title VII cases. Both opinions came from a sharply divided court splitting five to four in both cases. The... Read More

Tags: Vance v. Ball State University , Ellerth , Title VII retaliation , supervisor , Title VII , labor and employment law , Williams Mullen , United States Supreme Court , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar , harassment , Litigation , EEOC , Faragher

U.S. High Court Hears Supervisor Liability Appeal
Posted on 27 Nov 2012 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The "supervisor" liability rule established in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton (524 U.S. 775 [1998] [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ]) and Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth (524 U.S. 742... Read More

Tags: Second Circuit , Inc. v. Ellerth , Maetta Vance v. Ball State University , Burlington Indus. , Ball State University , supervisor liability rule , Mack v. Otis Elevator Co. , labor and employment law , Faragher v. City of Boca Raton , harassment , Litigation , materially augments rule , University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic , U.S. Supreme Court , Daniel R. Ortiz , Maetta Vance

Lawsuit Claims Discrimination At Louisiana Oil Services Company
Posted on 3 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BATON ROUGE, La. - (AP) About 230 current and former employees at a Louisiana-based oil services company have filed a civil rights lawsuit, saying they were forced to work in facilities where racist graffiti, slurs and discrimination are commonplace.... Read More

Tags: civil rights , Discrimination , Employment Law , oil services , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , harassment , Litigation , lawsuit , Turner Industries Group , EEOC , racist

Wal-Mart To Pay $440,000 In California Harassment Lawsuit
Posted on 15 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

FRESNO, Calif. - (AP) Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $440,000 to settle a federal harassment lawsuit by 10 employees who say they endured ethnic slurs and derogatory remarks on a daily basis while working at a Sam's Club store in Fresno, Calif... Read More

Tags: Wal-Mart , Mexican , California , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , Sam's Club , harassment , Litigation , lawsuit , settle , EEOC

High Court Looks At Military Funeral Protests
Posted on 2 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

YORK, Pa. - (AP) One thing Al Snyder wants to make clear: His boy fought and died for freedom in Iraq, but not for the right of some "wackos" to spew hate at soldiers' funerals under the protection of the Constitution. "It's an... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , military funerals , Margie Phelps , intentionally inflicting emotional distress , Skadden Arps , anti-gay , Al Snyder , Matthew Snyder , Fred Phelps , abortion , Iraq , freedom of speech , fundamentalist church , Jews , U.S. Marine Corps , Cliff Sloan , Marines , Chief Justice John Roberts , anti-Catholic , homosexuality , harassment , Litigation , lawsuit , First Amendment , Slate magazine , Constitution , Westboro Baptist Church , Afghanistan , free speech

Lawsuit Alleges Ex-NBC Staffer Harassed Over His Heritage
Posted on 10 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) Workers at NBC maligned a Native American colleague about his heritage by taunting him with a doll in traditional dress and making insulting comparisons to him, he said in a lawsuit Friday. Former studio technician Faruq "Peter"... Read More

Tags: NBC Universal , Native American , Damages , NBC , Faruq Wells , Peter Wells , harassment , Litigation , lawsuit