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19 Apr 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Deborah L. Brake
.As we wrote in Part One of this series, the Supreme Court just ruled, by a vote of 6-3, that Peggy Young, a pregnant UPS driver who was denied a light-duty accommodation that was routinely made available to other employees with similar lifting restrictions, should have the opportunity to prove on remand that this denial was discriminatory. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Deborah L. Brake
By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of Peggy Young, a UPS driver who claimed she was illegally discriminated against when she was denied a workplace accommodation that was made available to other employees with similar physical restrictions. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Parentage law—called upon to answer the often-complicated questions about the identity of a child’s legal parents—boasts several flashpoints. [read post]
6 Feb 2015, 6:00 am by Bridget Crawford
Below the fold is Version 3.1 of the census of law prof Twitter users. [read post]
In The Adventures of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904), a Sherlock Holmes story, Lady Eva Blackwell, engaged to be married to the Earl of Dovercourt, finds herself in a terrible situation. [read post]
2 Feb 2015, 6:45 am by Dan Filler
Jennifer Bard (Texas Tech), Joanna Grossman (Hofstra) and Matthew Parlow (Marquette). [read post]
30 Jan 2015, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
(Hat tip: Torts Today)Joanna L. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The day that proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage have variously feared and desired has come: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide once and for all whether it is unconstitutional for states to ban the celebration of marriages by same-sex couples and/or to refuse recognition to such marriages validly celebrated out of state. [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which is charged with implementation of Title IX, has said very publicly that it is focused on the problem of sexual assault and violence in schools. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) just issued a much-needed clarification of its prior guidance on the legality of single-sex classes within public schools. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
What standard should be applied when unwed parents disagree about whether to change a child’s surname? [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
According to a recent article in the New York Times by Tamar Lewin, the United States has become – or is in the process of becoming – a mecca for foreign couples seeking the services of a surrogate to gestate a child for them. [read post]
Ronald Thompson was arrested in Texas and charged with 26 counts of “improper photography” in 2011. [read post]