MHRA Amendment Secures Jury Trials for Minnesota Discrimination Victims
Yesterday, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed into law an amendment to the Minnesota Human Rights Act that will ensure victims of...
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Posts from Joshua Newville, a Minnesota employment lawyer, civil rights attorney, and mediator.
Joshua Newville
Jun 28, 2013
SCOTUS Kills DOMA and Prop 8; Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lives On
It’s been a busy week for employment law and civil rights. The impact of the past week’s Supreme Court decisions on these two areas of...
Joshua Newville
Jun 25, 2013
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act
Today, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”), which is considered...
Joshua Newville
Jan 11, 2013
Twin Cities: Workplace Race Discrimination May Stem from School Segregation
The Twin Cities leads the nation in racial inequality in the workplace. A study released last month by the Institute on Metropolitan...
Joshua Newville
Aug 23, 2012
Employment Law Imbalance: How To Avoid Losing Before Trial
As published in the Harvard Law & Policy Review, Kevin M. Clermont & Stewart J. Schwab observed that from 1979-2006, plaintiffs...
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