LGBT Discrimination Persists Despite Progress
The ground being gained in the fight for marriage equality since the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor, 133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013), has led many to believe…
Expanding Sexual Orientation Protections for Employees?
As employment lawyers, we tip our hat to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for potentially expanding federal law’s protection against sexual orientation…
Gay Civil Rights and the New Era of Sports
The dynamic gay rights movement continues gaining momentum in the world of sports. On Sunday February 23, Jason Collins – the first openly gay athlete in major American pro sports…
Stereotyping and Workplace Discrimination
A Pantene commercial called "Labels Against Women" was played last month only in the Philippines, but now it has more than 5.4 million views on YouTube. Many women including Facebook’s…
SendGrid’s Unlawful and Retaliatory Termination of Adria Richards
By Qusair Mohamedbhai posted in Employment Law on Saturday, March 23, 2013 On March 17, 2013, Adria Richards was attending a convention in Santa Clara, CA as part of her…
Tenth Circuit Finds that Corporations do not have “Feelings” or “Thoughts” Necessary to Sustain Civil Rights Case Involving Gender and Race Based Hostile Work Claim
By Qusair Mohamedbhai posted in Civil Rights on Monday, March 18, 2013 In a rare role-reversal, a corporation recently sued an individual employee for discrimination and retaliation related to workplace…
PRESS RELEASE: Response to Filing of Criminal Charges Against Franklin Sain
By Qusair Mohamedbhai on Monday, March 4, 2013 PRESS RELEASE March 4, 2013 RE: Response to Filing of Criminal Charges Against Franklin Sain Franklin Sain is charged with the crimes…
Adams 14 School District settled repeated discrimination suits during the past 3 years
The Adams 14 School District has paid out nearly $1.5 million in settlements and other payments for issues like discrimination in the past two and a half years, and the…
Discrimination Civil Rights in Colorado
By posted in Civil Rights on Wednesday, August 22, 2012