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Month: May 2020

The Equal Pay Act: Equal Total Compensation Is No Defense If Rate of Pay Is Unequal

Imagine this scenario: a corporation runs health spas, each of which is divided into a men’s division and a women’s division that operate on alternate days.  Male managers run the men’s division, while female managers run the women’s division.  Because there are far more female customers interested in spa services, the corporation decides to compensate the male managers and female…

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Whistleblowers are Key in Protecting Businesses From COVID-19 Scammers

Federal regulators, including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the DOJ, have issued alerts. They fully expect that fraudsters and scam artists will try to dip into the $2 trillion Coronavirus relief package that Congress just passed. Neil Barofsky, who served as Inspector General when the Bush Administration passed the much smaller TARP relief bill in 2008,…

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Statute of Limitations Under Title IX

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits colleges, universities, and schools that receive federal funding from engaging in sex discrimination.  Like all legal claims, there are strict time limitations (the “statute of limitations”) within which a Title IX claim must be filed.  Because Title IX does not explicitly set a statute of limitations, courts will apply the statute…

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