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EEOC Sees Increase in Discrimination Claims

January 29th, 2011
In the past year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has seen 7.2 % in discrimination claims being filed with agency. Coverage here. The EEOC handles charges under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, the Equal Pay Act, and GINA. EEOC Chair… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: ADA, ADEA, Credit History, Disability Discrimination, Disparate Impact, EEOC, Equal Pay Act, GINA, Labor and Employment, Retaliation, Title VII

Firm Defeats Summary Judgement in Age Discrimination Case

December 31st, 2010
On December 22, Judge Voorhees in the Western District of North Carolina denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment in Fox v. Alexander County. Terry Fox, the plaintiff, had been employed by Alexander County EMS since 1983 and had been prom… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, News of the Firm
Tags: ADEA, Age Discrimination and Employment Act, Alexander County, Joshua Van Kampen, Labor and Employment, NCEPA, North Carolina Equal Employment Practices Act, Pretext, Results, Summary Judgment, Western District of North Carolina

DC Circuit Restricts Scope of Lilly Ledbetter Act

March 5th, 2010
The federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last month, in Shuler v. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, sharply restricting the scope of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which President Obama signed into law soon after entering office. The Fair… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: ADEA, Case Commentary, DC Circuit, Discrimination, Labor and Employment, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Statute of Limitations