The Second Circuit’s recent extension of the cat’s paw doctrine to include the discriminatory and retaliatory actions of low-level co-workers without a supervisory role created a circuit split and set the stage for increased Title VII challenges against employers. This Comment argues against the Second Circuit’s decision and contends that the cat’s paw theory of liability, an employment law doctrine where employers may be held liable for Title VII violations based on the discriminatory actions of their employees, should not be extended to the discriminatory actions of low-level co-workers. Although the Supreme Court established employer liability for a supervisor’s discriminatory animus in the Title VII context in Staub v. Proctor Hospital,...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide a comprehensive scheme to battle discriminat...
Employment discrimination laws make the “simple but momentous” declaration that it is illegal to den...
Employment discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and ethnicity has long plagued America’s wor...
The Second Circuit’s recent extension of the cat’s paw doctrine to include the discriminatory and re...
In its recent decision in Staub v. Proctor Hospital, the Seventh Circuit clarified its approach to t...
The phrase “cat’s paw” comes from an Aesop’s fable and has been used to define a person used by anot...
Federal employment discrimination law is enamored with court-created doctrines with catchy names. A ...
Human resources personnel may be surprised to learn that they are now vulnerable to a lawsuit when a...
Often, decisions regarding employment are made with the input of or based on the observations of mor...
[Excerpt] “Susan, an African-American nurse, has worked for a large group of physicians for nearly t...
Five of the U.S. Courts of Appeals are currently split as to whether employees bringing claims of se...
In its recent decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Co. v. White, the Supreme Court resolved th...
After Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White resolved the issue of what constitutes an ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1991, which provides compensatory and punitive damages and attendant jury tr...
Since the 1970s, the federal courts have created a number of frameworks to analyze discrimination cl...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide a comprehensive scheme to battle discriminat...
Employment discrimination laws make the “simple but momentous” declaration that it is illegal to den...
Employment discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and ethnicity has long plagued America’s wor...
The Second Circuit’s recent extension of the cat’s paw doctrine to include the discriminatory and re...
In its recent decision in Staub v. Proctor Hospital, the Seventh Circuit clarified its approach to t...
The phrase “cat’s paw” comes from an Aesop’s fable and has been used to define a person used by anot...
Federal employment discrimination law is enamored with court-created doctrines with catchy names. A ...
Human resources personnel may be surprised to learn that they are now vulnerable to a lawsuit when a...
Often, decisions regarding employment are made with the input of or based on the observations of mor...
[Excerpt] “Susan, an African-American nurse, has worked for a large group of physicians for nearly t...
Five of the U.S. Courts of Appeals are currently split as to whether employees bringing claims of se...
In its recent decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Co. v. White, the Supreme Court resolved th...
After Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White resolved the issue of what constitutes an ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1991, which provides compensatory and punitive damages and attendant jury tr...
Since the 1970s, the federal courts have created a number of frameworks to analyze discrimination cl...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide a comprehensive scheme to battle discriminat...
Employment discrimination laws make the “simple but momentous” declaration that it is illegal to den...
Employment discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and ethnicity has long plagued America’s wor...