Overlawyered » sex discrimination http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 U.K. discrimination lawyer sued by banker client http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/u-k-discrimination-lawyer-sued-by-banker-client/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/u-k-discrimination-lawyer-sued-by-banker-client/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:58:48 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25150 “A banker is suing her former sex discrimination lawyer who she says advised her ‘to start crying’ the next time she had a meeting with her boss.” [Daily Mail]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/employers-liable-for-not-providing-work-family-balance/feed/ 5 Law, fairness, and Wal-Mart v. Dukes http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/law-fairness-and-wal-mart-v-dukes/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/law-fairness-and-wal-mart-v-dukes/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:00:47 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23468 I’ve got an instant analysis up at Cato at Liberty of the retailer’s big Supreme Court win today in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the class action certification case. The Court ruled unanimously that the Ninth Circuit had jumped the gun in certifying the case as a class action, and 5-to-4 (Scalia writing) that plaintiffs had failed to assemble the evidence needed for certification. (& welcome Real Clear Politics “Best of the Blogs”, Atlantic Wire, Nicole Neily/Daily Caller, Jon Hyman, SCOTUSBlog)

More: Josh Blackman (with a comment on the Court’s recognition of the work of the late Richard Nagareda), Hans Bader, Jim Copland, John Steele Gordon. Spot-the-errors dept.: Dahlia Lithwick. Briefs and other resources on the case at SCOTUSBlog.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/law-fairness-and-wal-mart-v-dukes/feed/ 5 Tough as nails on manicure discrimination http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/tough-as-nails-on-manicure-sexism/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/tough-as-nails-on-manicure-sexism/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:38:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23441 “A Maryland man who was charged $1 more for a manicure than women has filed a lawsuit for $200,000 claiming sex discrimination.” [MyFoxDC]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/tough-as-nails-on-manicure-sexism/feed/ 4 Oz: “Companies to face mandatory reporting in bid to boost gender equality” http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/oz-companies-to-face-mandatory-reporting-in-bid-to-boost-gender-equality/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/oz-companies-to-face-mandatory-reporting-in-bid-to-boost-gender-equality/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:25:42 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21998 “Companies with more than 100 workers will face spot checks and mandatory reporting on the numbers of women they employ and their position under tough new measures aimed at boosting gender equality in the workplace.” [The Australian]

Plus, related: Case against UK quotas for women on corporate boards [Bainbridge]

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  • EU imposes unisex insurance rates [BBC, Wright]
  • Law blog on the offense? TechnoLawyer asserts trademark claim against Lawyerist over “Small Law” [Lawyerist]
  • “Pro-business Supreme Court” meme strikes out yet again as SCOTUS backs “cat’s-paw” bias suit theory by 8-0-2 margin [Josh Blackman, Schwartz, Fox; Lithwick locus classicus]
  • Subprime CDO manager sues financial writer Michael Lewis over statements in his book The Big Short [AW, Salmon, Kennerly]
  • Police in Surrey, England, deny advising garden shed owners not to use wire mesh against burglars [Volokh, earlier]
  • Patterns of intimidation: protesters swarm Speaker Boehner’s private residence [Hollingsworth, Examiner] Unions fighting Wal-Mart in NYC plan actions at board members’ homes [Stoll] Report: GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin fear for personal safety [Nordlinger, NRO] White House pushing street protests [Welch, Nordlinger] Age of Civility short lived [Badger Blogger, Althouse, Sullivan]
  • In clash with trial lawyers, Cuomo proposes pain and suffering limits in med-mal suits [NYDN, more: NYT] “Bloomberg looks to Texas for ideas on changing medical malpractice laws” [City Hall News]
  • Hey, should we seize his drum set? Infuriating video on cop raids and forfeiture laws [Institute for Justice, Michigan]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-3-roundup-2/feed/ 1     Wife: city improperly demoted hubby for dating subordinate http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/wife-city-improperly-demoted-hubby-for-dating-subordinate/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/wife-city-improperly-demoted-hubby-for-dating-subordinate/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:31:40 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21676 California: “The wife of a Roseville city employee has filed a $3.9 million claim against the city alleging it improperly demoted her soon-to-be ex-husband for his extramarital interoffice romance.” [Sacramento Bee]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/wife-city-improperly-demoted-hubby-for-dating-subordinate/feed/ 2     Wisconsin: a frisky-union vignette http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/wisconsin-a-frisky-union-vignette/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/wisconsin-a-frisky-union-vignette/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:37:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21646 Headline from last August, recalled by James Taranto: “Milwaukee teachers union files suit over lack of Viagra coverage.” The lack of coverage for erectile dysfunction drugs amounted to sex discrimination, according to the complaint. [Journal-Sentinel]

    More on the Wisconsin union showdown from Cato Institute scholars Chris Edwards (Virginia has much sharper restrictions on public-employee unionism than what Gov. Scott Walker is proposing), Neal McCluskey (for the kids? really?), David Boaz (president, with his entire political machine, “is inserting himself into a medium-sized state’s battle over how to balance its budget,” Roger Pilon (unions’ quarrel is with voters) — and see also this 2009 background paper on the unsustainable costs of some union victories.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/wisconsin-a-frisky-union-vignette/feed/ 1     New feminist gripe against Hooters http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/new-feminist-gripe-against-hooters/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/new-feminist-gripe-against-hooters/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:10:20 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20774 Seems the place is too kid-friendly. For legal attacks on the winks-and-wings establishment over its discrimination based on gender and looks in the employment of servers, see earlier items here, here, etc.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/new-feminist-gripe-against-hooters/feed/ 18     “Paycheck Fairness Act poised for passage” http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/paycheck-fairness-act-poised-for-passage/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/paycheck-fairness-act-poised-for-passage/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:02:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19394 Proponents are making the usual you-mean-you’re-against-equal-pay? noises, but the bill would go much farther than that in undercutting employers’ litigation defenses. Jon Hyman says business should be afraid — be very afraid. More: Christina Hoff Sommers, New York Times; Hans Bader and more; Keith Smith/ShopFloor.

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