Kansas City Verdict - Another Successful "Reverse Discrimination" Claim

Earlier this month I commented that one trend we might see this year was more "reverse discrimination" claims. See, 2011 -- the Ye...

MMA Body Slam of $3.2 Million

$3.2 million is the total jury award to former Tapou T sales representative, Michelle Thomas, from a Los Angeles state jury. The jury first ...

Retaliation in the Supreme Court - Danger Zone for Employers

If there is one area of Supreme Court jurisprudence that employees can certainly not complain about it is the law of retaliation Today's...

A Ray of Sanity in the FLSA Collective Action Morass: Half-pay in Misclassification Cases

Given the overwhelming number of FLSA collective actions that continue to be filed, it is hard to find very much encouraging news, but one r...

Is Retaliation for Complaining About Sexual Orientation Discrimination a Violation of Title VII?

The headline in today's Daily Labor Report caught my attention, Court Revives Fired Gay Employee's Retaliation, Harassment Claims   ...

2011 --- the Year of the Non-minority?

Predicting what a new year will bring is a time honored tradition, but much like resolutions, most predictions rarely last longer than the f...