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Job Applicants Are Not Protected Under The ADEA On The Theory of Disparate Impact

Jessica Ellis, Esq. In Kleber v. CareFusion Corporation, CareFusion Corporation (“CareFusion”) denied job applicant, Dale Kleber, 58-years-old, the position of senior in-house counsel.  Mr. Kleber sued CareFusion for age discrimination, claiming that CareFusion’s policy of not hiring applicants with more … Continue reading

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Amnesties: Three Disparate Contexts, Similar Goals?

This week has seen news of potential use of amnesty laws in three countries – the Central African Republic, Guatemala, and Venezuela. Here, nuances are important to highlight. In CAR, with the peace agreement under wraps initially, early news reports … Continue reading

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Disparate Impact FHA Case Filed Asserting Discrimination in Minority Communities

Earlier this week a number of fair housing advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Maryland asserting that a major financial institution and a property management company are violating the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by exposing predominately … Continue reading

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Achieving Success in a New Jersey Discrimination Lawsuit by Proving the Existence of ‘Disparate Treatment’ by Your Employer

In discrimination cases, you can attempt to prove the existence of discrimination by showing that your employer’s practices and policies disproportionately harmed people of a protected class, which is called “disparate impact.” Alternatively, you can show that the employer treated … Continue reading

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Termination of police officer for dishonesty overturned, disparate treatment renders discipline excessive

Arbitrator Bruce McIntosh reduced a termination to a six month suspension for a police officer who was alleged to have intentionally defaced a newly painted locker room wall.Another officer in the locker room heard someone enter and then the sound … Continue reading

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