Tara Ellis
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Articles
I’m sick and can’t come in — state & local governments take the lead in requiring employers to provide paid sick time
USA - July 30 2014 Tired of waiting for Washington to act, cities and states have resorted to legislative vigilantism and in the process they have created a patchwork…
Employer’s Duty to Accommodate High Risk Pregnancies
USA - October 23 2018 Earlier this month, Plaintiff Caroline Ruiz filed suit in the Southern District of New York against her former employer New Avon LLC, contending that…
Exclusion for Gender Reassignment Surgery May Violate Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause
USA - February 6 2020 Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 23, 2019, District Judge Rosemary Marquez ruled, in connection with a motion to dismiss, that Title VII does protect…
Exclusion for Gender Reassignment Surgery May Disadvantage a “Suspect Class”
USA - August 13 2019 Seyfarth Synopsis: In Toomey v. U of Arizona, No. 19-35 (D. Ar. June 24, 2019), the Magistrate Judge determined on a motion to dismiss that Title VII…
Retail Technology: All Talk, No Implementation
USA - September 6 2019 Prognosticators have long predicted technological advancements that will drastically change the retail industry. Retail-oriented technological…
