Sentences with phrase «allegations of discrimination against»

Today, after action by the Justice Department, Wells Fargo & Co. settled allegations of discrimination against minority borrowers and announced that it would no longer continue working with mortgage brokers.

The case involved allegations of discrimination against women, and the Supreme Court said that the case involved too many individual claims, circumstances and factual analyses to be litigated on a classwide basis.

It advised HQ Theatres and Hospitality on TUPE advice concerning its acquisition of a new theatre and acted for a secondary school in a case concerning allegations of discrimination against a disabled pupil.

The company was recently sued by the U.S. Department of Labor over allegations of discrimination against Asian job applicants.

Not exact matches

The allegations include claims that male and female pupils were segregated — often with the female pupils sitting at the back or sides of classes; discrimination against non-Muslim pupils, and restricting the curriculum to comply with Islamic teaching.

«We take all allegations of discrimination seriously and look forward to defending the city against Mr. Simpson's claims.»

State AG Eric Schneiderman has opened an inquiry into the Weinstein Company examining whether allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against its co-founder Harvey Weinstein reflect broad gender discrimination and other civil rights violations.

For Perez - Melgosa, who spent more than 15 years at UW, during which she co-authored a number of peer - reviewed publications, «the mere fact that this allegation has been raised against me carries with it the most serious effects upon my professional career,» she stated in her testimony for the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origin.

Earlier this year, Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe left the company after raising a lawsuit against her colleagues over allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination.

Much of the litigation our school attorneys handle involves allegations that a school district discriminated against an employee or a student, including claims pursuant to the Missouri Human Rights Act, Kansas Act Against Discrimination, Title VI or Title VII / Tiagainst an employee or a student, including claims pursuant to the Missouri Human Rights Act, Kansas Act Against Discrimination, Title VI or Title VII / TiAgainst Discrimination, Title VI or Title VII / Title IX.

One of those cases, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, No. 16 - 111, pits allegations of unlawful sexual - orientation discrimination against First Amendment values of free speech and free exercise of religion.

The inquiry committee investigating a sexual harassment and discrimination complaint filed against the judge in September 2010 released the notice of allegations yesterday.

I disagree: The current system appears to inoculate this publicly funded government agency against allegations of discrimination.

Successfully defended a high tech company against allegations of unpaid wages and employment discrimination.

We litigate all forms of business disputes, and our recent trial experience includes False Claims Act allegations, employment discrimination, claims of professional negligence and fraud against contractors and auditors, partnership disputes, corporate tax disputes, contract disputes, patent and trademark disputes, and all business torts.

(allegations against barrister of sexual harassment and discrimination against pupil; dropped after plea bargain)

Corporations have used these statistics in human rights hearings to defend themselves against allegations of discrimination in services for Deaf people — i.e., the Deaf community is «too small» and therefore providing equality of access to them is cost - ineffective to the point of being an «undue hardship».

Successfully represented the State of Texas against allegations that it engaged in race - based discrimination in the award of Low - Income Housing Tax Credits.

* Much like what happened with Traci Ribeiro's case against Sedgwick, Winston & Strawn is trying to push Constance Ramos, a partner who left the firm amid allegations of gender bias and discrimination, into arbitration.

Farouk Fredricks, the applicant, alleged that his employment had been terminated as a reprisal for raising allegations of racial discrimination and harassment against a co-worker.

AA Law v Lord Chancellor Advised a criminal legal aid firm on the merits and prospects of success of claim against Lord Chancellor concerning the 2015 criminal legal aid duty provider procurement exercise and then drafted particulars of claim in a complicated claim involving allegations of race discrimination and subconscious bias.

ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline)-- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a lawsuit May 3 against Simmons Security and Protective Services, a Kansas company that provides private security services, for allegations of pregnancy discrimination.

Since the employee could establish a prima facie case of discrimination by proving that a) she had, or was perceived to have, a disability, b) she received adverse treatment, and c) her disability was a factor in the adverse treatment, the employee's allegation that the employer discriminated against her on the basis of disability when they terminated her employment was upheld.

Employers need to know how to protect themselves against allegations of discrimination and issues with authenticity and privacy if no further action is taken after the discovery on the Internet that a person is a member of a protected class or when finding negative information.