Northeast Region Update
NT Lakis lawyers are pleased to present the latest installment of our “CWC Interstate” series of guides, which are a
Ninth Circuit Rules That Section 1981 Claims Are Subject to Arbitration
In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled recently that an employer
Unanimous Supreme Court Rules That Failure To File Title VII Charge With the EEOC Does Not Automatically Bar Plaintiff From Suing
Resolving an important question that the lower courts have wrestled with for years, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that
House Sends “Equality Act” Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to Senate, But Further Action Considered Unlikely
As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed and sent to the U.S. Senate one of the Democratic majority’s
Maine, Washington, and Colorado Join Growing Number of States Barring Employers From Asking Applicants About Salary History
Maine, Washington, and Colorado are the most recent states to ban private employers from asking applicants about salary history. As
Substantial Deference to EEOC Subpoena Demands
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a trial court’s refusal to enforce an U.S. Equal
Second Circuit in Natofsky v. NYC Joins Several Other Federal Appeals Courts in Holding That “But-For” Standard Applies to Discrimination Claims Brought Under the ADA
In an issue of first impression before it, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that
NT Lakis’s Brief to the Eighth Circuit in Harris v. Union Pacific Argues That Lower Court Erred in Certifying ADA Class Action
NT Lakis has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in a case
Eleventh Circuit in Lewis v. City of Union City Weighs in on Interpretation of Key Title VII Term “Similarly Situated,” Illustrating Lack of Consensus Among Federal Courts as To How To Define It
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), plaintiffs typically prove their cases using circumstantial evidence.
Revised Opinion by Fifth Circuit in Nall v. BNSF Cures Problematic Portion of Prior ADA “Direct Threat” Ruling
Last December, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a troubling opinion