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12 Jun 2008, 3:01 pm
On this blog, you get what you pay for.)The $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement agreement excludes folks positioned like Ledbetter, so Ledbetter received nothing in the global settlement.The public record shows no evidence of a settlement.And the briefs in the Ledbetter appeal don't say that the case was settled.So far as we (that's the royal we -- it means "I") can tell, Ledbetter simply took a pass. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 11:46 am
Times: "If you don't want to be sued, don't discriminate. [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 7:59 am by Jennifer Weil
The nut of the opposition appears to be, hey, we don’t like discrimination either and it’s too bad the statute of limitations ran out, but we don’t want you to help people sue employers. [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 7:04 am
The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 passed the Senate yesterday by a 61 - 36 vote. [read post]
27 Nov 2006, 12:26 pm
Update: Here is the Ledbetter oral argument transcript from today. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 4:06 pm
I don't want to show my hand too much but I have gone on the record regarding some of these issues. [read post]
19 Jun 2007, 7:48 am
It was written by Don Livingston, a partner in Akin Gump's DC office who heads the firm's labor and employment law practice. [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 9:49 pm
Last year, the House of Representatives passed legislation, the ‘Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007,' aimed at ensuring employers don't profit from years of discrimination simply because their employees were unaware of it. [read post]
5 Mar 2009, 5:29 am
The question now is whether someone (hey, don't look at me!) [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 10:35 am
You don't even need an envelope or stamp. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 1:09 pm
So, the statute opens the door to the one group of people who don't have retaliation to worry about, people just like Lilly Ledbetter, those retiring. [read post]
8 Jun 2007, 3:56 pm
If you don't like the outcome, blame the legislature. [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 7:59 am by Jennifer Weil
The nut of the opposition appears to be, hey, we don’t like discrimination either and it’s too bad the statute of limitations ran out, but we don’t want you to help people sue employers. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 7:36 am
You can listen here to learn about the other ways the current Ledbetter Supreme Court decision is hurting American women financially.I don't want women -- or men, for that matter -- to have to hope that to be paid equally, that some anonymous friend will leave a little scrap of paper for them with evidence that they're being discriminated against like someone finally did for Lilly Ledbetter. [read post]
20 Aug 2008, 5:06 pm
On the list of speakers at the Democratic National Convention is Lilly Ledbetter, whose case before the Supreme Court led to a shameful 5-4 decision barring women from suing for unlawful wage discrimination unless they act within 180 days of the time the disparate pay started -- even if they don't learn until years later that all the male employees holding the same job had been given raises that female employees didn't receive. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 1:31 pm
And according to the Court, if you don't figure things out right away, the company can treat you like a second-class citizen for the rest of your career. [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 9:49 pm
Last year, the House of Representatives passed legislation, the ‘Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007,' aimed at ensuring employers don't profit from years of discrimination simply because their employees were unaware of it. [read post]