Abercrombie Loses Religious Headscarf Case At Supreme Court
In a nearly unanimous Supreme Court decision released yesterday, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch...
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Posts from Joshua Newville, a Minnesota employment lawyer, civil rights attorney, and mediator.
Joshua Newville
Dec 30, 2014
U.S. Attorney General Says Title VII Protects Transgender Individuals From Employment Discrimination
In a memo dated December 15, 2014 from United States Attorney General Eric Holder to United States Attorneys and other officials, the...
Joshua Newville
May 9, 2014
May 2014: Newville Files Class Action Pay Discrimination Lawsuit Against Lab Companies
On Friday, May 2, Joshua Newville filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The...
Joshua Newville
Oct 2, 2013
Modern Feminism & The Law
The kind of strident activism sometimes employed by advocates for marginalized groups serves one incredibly important purpose: it forces...
Joshua Newville
Jun 24, 2013
Supreme Court Weakens Title VII Protections
From Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in today’s Supreme Court Decision in Vance v. Ball State, which narrowly defined “supervisor” so as to...
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