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Ridinger v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., No. 10-1771 (C.A.2 (N.Y.)) On July 11, 2011, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Magistrate Judge’s decision to summarily dismiss an age discrimination...
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Dediol v. Best Chevrolet, Inc., 10-30767 (5th Cir. Sept. 12, 2011) The Fifth Circuit, for the first time, extended Title VII to address a hostile work environment claim based on age. The Court of...
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Phillips v. Leggett & Platt, Inc., No. 10-60585 (5th Cir. Sept. 21, 2011) On September 21, 2011, the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s decision to award an age discrimination plaintiff...
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Brazil v. Volkert, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164601 (N.D. Ala. Nov. 19, 2012). Employers should carefully prepare what they say to employees who they intend to terminate before actually saying it....
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The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to consider the question of “[w]hether the Seventh Circuit erred in holding, in an acknowledged departure from the rule in at least four other circuits,...
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