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Summary Of Public Agency Compensation Trust V. Blake, 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 77, Tim Mott
Summary Of Public Agency Compensation Trust V. Blake, 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 77, Tim Mott
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The Court considers an appeal from a district court order denying a petition for judicial review in a workers’ compensation action.
Willfulness, Good Faith, And The Fair Labor Standards Act, Emily Nolan Litzinger
Willfulness, Good Faith, And The Fair Labor Standards Act, Emily Nolan Litzinger
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Industrial Terrorism And The Unmaking Of New Deal Labor Law, Ahmed A. White
Industrial Terrorism And The Unmaking Of New Deal Labor Law, Ahmed A. White
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Work, Caregiving, And Masculinities, Ann C. Mcginley
Work, Caregiving, And Masculinities, Ann C. Mcginley
Scholarly Works
In her book Reshaping the Work-Family Debate, Joan Williams demonstrates the vulnerability of parent workers in working class America. In Chapter 2, "One Sick Child Away from Being Fired," she examines the records of ninety-nine union arbitrations to analyze the problems of working class parents who struggle to juggle their working and parenting responsibilities. Because this chapter is a tour de force in an overall excellent book, and because it suggests an area that Professor McGinley's research has focused on over the past number of years, in this Essay, Professor McGinley limits her discussion almost exclusively to this chapter. …
Ricci V. Destefano: Diluting Disparate Impact And Redefining Disparate Treatment, Ann C. Mcginley
Ricci V. Destefano: Diluting Disparate Impact And Redefining Disparate Treatment, Ann C. Mcginley
Scholarly Works
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits plaintiffs to bring discrimination cases under two different theories: disparate treatment, which requires a showing of the employer’s discriminatory intent, and disparate impact, which holds the employer liable absent intent to discriminate if it uses neutral employment policies or practices that have a disparate impact on a protected group. Ricci v. DeStefano significantly affects the interpretation of both of these theories of discrimination.
Ricci adopts a restrictive interpretation of the disparate impact theory that is inconsistent with Congressional intent and purpose, and signals that intentional discrimination is more important than …
The New Old Legal Realism, Tracey E. George, Mitu Gulati, Ann C. Mcginley
The New Old Legal Realism, Tracey E. George, Mitu Gulati, Ann C. Mcginley
Scholarly Works
Do the decisions of appellate courts matter in the real world? The American judicial system, legal education, and academic scholarship are premised on the view that they do. The authors want to reexamine this question by taking the approach advocated by the original Legal Realists. The current project seeks to add to our knowledge of the relevance of case law by focusing on an area that has received little examination: how pronouncements about employment discrimination law by appellate courts translate into understandings and behavior at the ground level. As our lens, we use evidence of how people talk about the …