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Justice Jackson Shows Us How to Read a Statute

Jun 24, 2025 Andrew Strom

The longer Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson serves on the Supreme Court, the more she builds the case that her appointment to the Court may be Joe Biden’s greatest accomplishment. I hold out hope that someday her dissents will become majority opinions, but in the meantime she is at least alerting us to where her colleagues have […]

Wall Street’s Dangerous Grind: the Human Toll of High Finance and the Fight for Workplace Reform

Mar 12, 2025 Miriam Li

In early 2025, the death of a 28-year-old investment banker set off renewed calls for stronger employee protections in the financial industry. While the cause of death remains unknown, recent reports of a potential overdose, extreme sleep deprivation, and widespread stimulant abuse at the young banker’s firm have fueled arguments that his death is part […]

June 25, 2024
News & Commentary

Sunah Chang

Supreme Court grants petition to hear a case on the scope of ADA standing; Texas federal district court blocks DOL rule expanding wage requirements for construction contractors, and South Korean Hyundai workers authorize strike.

January 27, 2023
News & Commentary

Julio Colby

Judge rules firing of Whole Foods workers for wearing BLM masks legal; judge stands by order enforcing subpoenas against Starbucks Workers United; Fourth Circuit skeptical of UPS worker's ADA accommodation claim.

Demkovich: A “Constitutional Shelter” from Employment Discrimination Laws

Jul 13, 2021 Rachel Casper

On Friday, in Demkovich v. St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the ministerial exception applied to a ministerial employee’s hostile work environment claims brought under Title VII and the ADA. The decision expands the ministerial exception beyond tangible employment actions and into the realm […]

Litigation Can Help Curb Algorithmic Discrimination in Hiring, Here’s How

Apr 7, 2021 Hannah Hilligoss

As described in my last post, employers who use algorithmic decision systems (ADSs) in hiring reify past prejudices and systemic discrimination while coating the process in a veneer of objectivity. More troubling, mathematician and social activist Cathy O’Neil predicts these systems will disparately impact already marginalized communities, writing, “the privileged” will be “processed more by […]

September 22, 2020
News & Commentary

Jon Levitan

In a potentially significant win for workers rights amid the pandemic, a social worker in Massachusetts got a court order barring their employer from forcing them to work in person. Gabriel Peeples, who uses they/them pronouns, sought to work from home as a reasonable accommodation for their asthma. A Federal Court granted their request for […]

Service Animals and Employee Mental Health

May 22, 2017 Karim Lakhani

Mental health conditions are a growing concern for a number of veterans. According to the Rand Center for Military Health Policy Research, about 20% of veterans that have served in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from a mental health issue, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Leon Laferriere is one such veteran. His PTSD and […]

The NFL Combine: Does the 40-Yard Dash Violate the ADA?

Apr 25, 2017 Maia Usui

The 2017 NFL Draft begins on April 27, when the nation’s most promising college football players will be holding their breath, waiting for their names to be called out (or not). Their draft status will depend on an unknowable combination of factors, including their college career, their future potential, and last but not least, their […]

The Bar Application: An Unintended Bar to Student Care

Apr 24, 2017 Kezmen Clifton

For many students, attending law school is a stressful and exhausting experience. It’s no surprise that 96 percent of law students report experiencing stress – compared to 70 percent of medical school students. The Dave Nee Foundation found that in the first semester of law school, rates of depression among law students increase from just […]

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