Month: June 2022

Which Employer Actions Qualify as “Adverse Employment Actions” for a Retaliation Claim?

Rarely when faced with an employee’s opposition to discrimination or other unlawful activity do employers fire the employee by telling them, “I am firing you because of your opposition to my unlawful activity.” Employers are usually subtler when they want to stop employees from speaking up. For example, they may change an employee’s job duties,[1] place a negative letter in…

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How the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in A.B. v. Hawaii State Department of Education Recognizes the Reality of Title IX Litigation

In one of few recent victories for Title IX plaintiffs, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court ruled in favor of four student athletes at James Campbell High School. The Ninth Circuit held that the district court erred in rejecting the plaintiffs’ request for class certification on their Title IX retaliation claims. A.…

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City Of Baltimore Files Lawsuit Against Ghost Gun Manufacturer Polymer80

Deadly Ghost Guns Flooding Baltimore are now 19% of all Seized Guns according to Baltimore Police Department Polymer80 Accounts for 91% of all Seized Ghost Guns in Baltimore BALTIMORE, June 1, 2022 – Today, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced that Baltimore City filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest ghost gun manufacturer, Polymer80, Inc. The lawsuit, filed in the Circuit…

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