Non-compete agreements are enforceable by a successor company after merger says Ohio Supreme Court in clarification *

USA - October 18 2012
In a rare move, the Ohio Supreme Court granted a motion for reconsideration and issued an opinion on October 11, 2012, that "clarified" a decision that it had reached in May of this year.

Co-authors: Eric Bruestle, Robert E. Blackham, Karen Adinolfi, Denise Hasbrook, Paul Jackson.

U.S. Supreme Court ruling permits third-party retaliation claims under Title VII *

USA - January 28 2011
On January 24, 2011, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that an employee who alleged he was fired because his fiancé, also an employee, had filed a sex discrimination charge against their mutual employer three weeks prior to his termination, does have standing to assert a Title VII retaliation claim (see Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP).

The United States Supreme Court rules that white firefighters were unfairly denied promotions because of their race *

USA - October 15 2009
On June 29, 2009, the United States Supreme Court considered whether an employer can engage in intentional discrimination for the asserted purpose of avoiding or remedying an unintentional, disparate impact.

Co-authors: Eric Bruestle, Charles Smith, Karen Adinolfi, Denise Hasbrook, Paul Jackson, Douglas M. Kennedy, Gina Kuhlman, Ryan Bonina.

Under examination: Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc *

USA - October 15 2009
In the 1989 case of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, the United States Supreme Court addressed the proper allocation of the burden of persuasion in cases brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when an employee alleges that he or she suffered an adverse employment action because of both permissible and impermissible considerations (commonly referred to as a "mixed-motives" case).

Co-authors: Emily Wilcheck, Karen Adinolfi, Denise Hasbrook, Paul Jackson, Gina Kuhlman.