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10 Feb 2020, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
One court held, for example, that if a sex-based pay disparity was created through a mistake, it can stand because it can be justified by a factor other than sex (the mistake). [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
It’s a tale as old as time: a woman in power obviously slept her way to the top. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Grant Hayden
Today, the Supreme Court will hear argument in three cases that could have monumental impact on federal anti-discrimination law. [read post]
20 May 2019, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The legislative activity around abortion in the past few weeks has been dizzying and disturbing, as some states compete to pass the most unconstitutional and most draconian abortion laws in the hopes of spurring the newly composed U.S. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
In this column, I will discuss why the New York legislature moved to amend its abortion laws for the first time in almost fifty years—and how New York’s approach stands in polar opposition to legislative initiatives in other states.Abortion: A Play in Three ActsAbortion in the United States has gone from concealed and criminal, to open and common, and, finally, to legal but shamed and constrained. [read post]
9 Jul 2018, 9:00 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
-K, the state’s highest court set forth a four-part test to determine whether a non-legal parent qualified as a de facto parent. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
In Reinhardt’s view, this case presented a simple question with a simple answer.As he wrote in Rizo, “[t]he Equal Pay Act stands for a principle as simple as it is just: men and women should receive equal pay regardless of sex. [read post]
26 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Women across the state, especially low-income women, are paying a steep price for the offsetting loss in care from licensed medical providers and access to contraception.California’s Reproductive FACT ActAlthough many states, as discussed above, actively favor CPCs and promote an anti-abortion agenda through a variety of laws and funding decisions, California chose to take a different stand. [read post]
26 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
A panel of thirteen judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit just issued an opinion in Zarda v. [read post]
Thanks to the Twitter habit of Donald Trump and those on his White House team, the public has been treated to a number of disturbing exchanges in which they spew accusations, threats, and other attacks against one another, as well as on members of the other two branches of government. [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Two women, known only in court papers as “Jane Doe” and “Jane Doe I,” were in a non-marital, romantic relationship for four years before agreeing to start a family using an anonymous donor. [read post]
8 May 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
A “pay structure based exclusively on prior wages,” the trial court explained, “is so inherently fraught with the risk . . . that it will perpetuate a discriminatory wage disparity between men and women that it cannot stand, even if motivated by a legitimate business purpose. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
But the NFL is standing for a bigger point–not just the ability to be inclusive in its own stadiums, but also to stand for a broader principle of inclusion. [read post]
The Supreme Court has opted for marriage equality, expanding the number of people whose sexual relationships are protected by law. [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
That means that if even if the marriage does not take place, the gift stands—no matter who calls the marriage off. [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
., to grant standing for a mother’s former same-sex partner to sue for parenting responsibilities even though the adult relationship ended prior to the child’s birth. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
., in which it struck down as unconstitutional part of the state’s grandparent visitation law, which gave grandparents standing to sue for custody if the child’s parents had been separated for at least six months.The American System of Parental RightsPlato’s Republic expounded a state-centered theory of parenting whereby children would be removed from their parents at birth, and the state would raise them. [read post]
1 Aug 2016, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Margaret K., in which it had rejected de facto parentage.What Is De Facto Parentage? [read post]