Labor Days
New EEOC Chair Says There Will be No “Major Changes” But – the DOJ Seems to be Calling a Truce in the Transgender Battle – What Direction Are We Heading?
Are we getting a mixed message from the new administration on priorities in the civil rights area? In her first public comments since her appointment as the new acting chair of the EEOC, Victoria Lipnic just last week…
Title VII and Sexual Orientation – Front and Center at the Second Circuit on Inauguration Day
As President-Elect Donald Trump moved into the White House on Inauguration Day last Friday, the excitement and political tensions were not confined to the nation’s capital. LGBTQ rights supporters decorated with…
Seventh Circuit Reverses Decision that Title VII Doesn’t Protect Against Anti-Gay Discrimination and Agrees to Re-hear Employment Discrimination Case
The Seventh Circuit reversed and vacated the panel decision holding that Title VII does not protect employees from anti-gay discrimination and will re-hear the case, Hively v. Tech Community College, en banc .…
Is There a Change in the Wind for LGBTQ Law?
Unlike many of us, the courts were not on vacation during the month of August in the area of LGBTQ law. We have seen a number of rulings which seem to signal that the courts are trying to “slow down” the EEOC and other…
What the Seventh Circuit’s Recent Title VII Ruling Means for Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace
On July 28, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) ruled that Title VII does not protect against sexual orientation discrimination. See, Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll.,…