Significant Employment Law Decision by the United States Supreme Court Impacts Hiring Decisions Last month the United States Supreme Court issued a recent 7 to 2 decision that now places a substantial burden on employers with respect to their obligation to accommodate employees’ religious practices in the workplace under Title VII of the Civil […]
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What’s new from SCOTUS
In the past few years, the Supreme Court of the United States has been addressing the basic fundamentals of patent law, something many patent attorneys have welcomed. During this time, they have dealt with and further defined case law that was used by the so-called “patent trolls” to abuse the system and win large judgments […]
Pregnancy Now Protected Under Civil Rights Act
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that discrimination against pregnant women is now against the law. In the case of Delay v Continental Group Inc a pregnant female sues her employer claiming she was discriminated against due to being pregnant and that this was a case of discrimination based on sex, a violation of state […]
