As we wrote about last week, the New York City Council passed legislation seeking to bolster the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). Although the NYCHRL was already
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Loose Lips Sink Ships — and Settlements
A man in Florida is learning the hard way that this old adage is true.
Patrick Snay, the ex-headmaster of Gulliver Schools Inc. settled an age discrimination and retaliation suit
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“Frenchy” May Be An Ethnic Anti-French Slur And Not Merely A Nickname
Lynn Nakagawa has reported in Pacific Business News that a state appellate court in Hawaii has just reversed a lower court dismissal of a national origin discrimination and retaliation suit by
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Suing For Profit and Fun (and Profit!) — and Maybe Even For Your Client
The New York Times of April 17, 2012 featured a fascinating front page story about lawyers who search out people with disabilities in order to sue small businesses in New
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Attorneys Fees for Prevailing Defendants Redux
We previously discussed attorneys fees in the context of employment discrimination cases, and noted that under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k), a prevailing party is entitled to reasonable fees. We
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Supreme Court Rules on Attorneys Fees for Prevailing Attorneys
In our blog of February 10, 2011, we predicted Supreme Court review of the issue of the awarding of attorneys fees to a prevailing defendant in a Title VII
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