President Obama Expands LGBT Non-Discrimination Protections with Executive Order
By: Cameron A. Smith, Laura J. Maechtlen and Annette Tyman Yesterday, President Obama signed an Executive Order prohibiting discrimination by the federal government or federal contractors on the basis...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Weighs The Constitutionality Of Restricting Marriage To...
By Lynn Kappelman, Laura Maechtlen, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and Michael Stevens Background Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on two questions regarding the Constitutionality of state laws...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage Bans As Sex Discrimination: The Potential Impact On Plan...
By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and Amanda Sonneborn In last week’s oral argument on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans, Chief Justice Roberts asked the following question: Counsel, I’m not sure...
View ArticleAT SEYFARTH, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR MANY ACHIEVEMENTS IN DIVERSITY
By Erin Dougherty Foley Seyfarth Shaw proudly celebrates and takes pride in being a lead supporter of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, and is celebrating June as LGBT Pride Month. We...
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Seventh Circuit Asked To Recognize That Protections Of Title VII Cover Gays...
By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and Chris Kelleher Are Federal Courts ready to recognize that Title VII’s anti-discrimination prohibition extends to claims of sexual orientation? This question will be decided...
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Bathroom Bills: What Employers Need To Know
By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and Kylie Byron Seyfarth Synopsis: The passage of “Bathroom” or “Religious Freedom” bills raises issues for employers operating in impacted states. Employers in these states may...
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Justice Gorsuch Likely To Have Significant Impact on Labor and Employment...
By Michael W. Stevens Seyfarth Synopsis: With Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the Supreme Court in April, and the apparent re-emergence of a 5-4 split, we expect to see the Court issue more expansive...
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Management Alert – The Current Federal Retrenchment on LGBT Rights
By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Michael W. Stevens, and Kylie Byron Seyfarth Synopsis: The first eight months of the new administration signals a retrenchment on the executive branch’s view of legal...
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The Ongoing Battle Between LGBTQ+ Rights And Claims Of Religious Liberty
By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Michael W. Stevens, and Kylie Byron Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Justice has reversed the previous Administration’s position on employment protections for transgender...
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TITLE VII: Court Breaks from Department of Justice on Transgender Rights
By Scott Rabe, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, and Marlin Duro Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first case following the Department of Justice’s pronouncement that Title VII does not prohibit discrimination against...
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Second Circuit Holds That Title VII Bars Sexual Orientation Discrimination
By Scott Rabe and Sam Schwartz-Fenwick Seyfarth Synopsis: In landmark decision, the Second Circuit joins the Seventh Circuit in holding that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual...
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Sixth Circuit Finds EEOC’s Enforcement of Title VII Does Not Need to “Give...
By Scott Rabe and Marlin Duro Seyfarth Synopsis: In its recent decision in EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., No. 16-2424, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5720 (6th Cir. Mar. 7, 2018), the U.S....
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EEOC Argues that Sexual Orientation Discrimination by a Heterosexual Person...
By Brian A. Wadsworth Seyfarth Synopsis: In her appeal to the Fifth Circuit, Plaintiff Bonnie O’Daniel argues that the trial court wrongly concluded that it was unreasonable for O’Daniel to believe...
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High Court To Determine Whether Title VII Prohibits Discrimination on the...
By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and John Ayers-Mann Seyfarth Synopsis: Today, the Supreme Court granted review to a trio of Title VII cases raising the issue of whether Title VII prohibits discrimination on...
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Breakfast Briefing – ERISA in 2019: What Employers Need To Know
By Benjamin J. Conley, Erin Dougherty Foley, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Megan E. Troy, Kaley M. Ventura Seyfarth Synopsis: Join us for our second Chicago Labor & Employment Breakfast Briefing of the...
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Supreme Court Hears Landmark Cases On Title VII Sexual Orientation and Gender...
By Cameron A. Smith and John Ayers-Mann Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 8th, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a trio of cases that may decide whether Title VII prohibits discrimination on the...
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Supreme Court Holds that Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Based On Sexual...
By Benjamin Conley, Emily Miller, Leon Rodriguez, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, and Cameron Smith Seyfarth Synopsis: For decades, courts and practitioners have struggled with whether federal law protects...
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Management Alert – The Current Federal Retrenchment on LGBT Rights
By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Michael W. Stevens, and Kylie Byron Seyfarth Synopsis: The first eight months of the new administration signals a retrenchment on the executive branch’s view of legal...
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The Ongoing Battle Between LGBTQ+ Rights And Claims Of Religious Liberty
By Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Michael W. Stevens, and Kylie Byron Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Justice has reversed the previous Administration’s position on employment protections for transgender...
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