: Summary Judgment, Iqbal And Employment Discrimination ") at New York Law School on April 23, 2012...Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal on civil litigation, and whether those decisions have made the motion to dismiss the real battleground in employment cases
These decisions protected Bell Atlantic from an anti-trust claim, and former Attorney General Ashcroft from liability for the prison beating of Javad Iqbal shortly after the 9/11 attacks. Employers have jumped on Twombly and Iqbal by seeking immediate dismissal of almost every discrimination, retaliation and consumer rights case
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The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy (The Institute), NELA's public interest organization, has had overwhelming interest in its upcoming symposium, entitled " Trial By Jury Or Trial By Motion? Summary Judgment, Iqbal And Employment Discrimination ."
: Summary Judgment, Iqbal And Employment Discrimination ") at New York Law School on April 23, 2012...Supreme Court’s decisions in Twombly and Iqbal is preserving Swierkiewicz v
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On October 28, 2015, NELA joined with AARP to file an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of the Plaintiff-Appellants in Whitley v. BP, P.L.C. Under § 1104 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the fiduciary of an employee...
: Summary Judgment, Iqbal And Employment Discrimination ") at New York Law School on April 23, 2012
” NELA’s brief in support of the plaintiff addressed the following issues: (1) whether plaintiff’s complaint stated a plausible claim for relief under Iqbal and Twombly ; (2) whether plaintiff can show “participation” under Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision when his actions occurred prior to the filing of a formal EEOC charge or a Title VII claim; and (3) whether plaintiff fell within the zone of interests sought to be protected by Title VII under T hompson v
DeMasters v. Carilion Clinic_NELA Amicus Brief.pdf
For nearly two decades, some courts presumed that it was prudent to invest a retirement plan’s assets in an Employer Stock Option Plan (ESOP), i.e., a benefit plan invested in the employer's own company stock. Recently, however, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Fifth Third Bancorp v....
Whitley v BP_5th Cir_AARP NELA Amicus_Final_102815.pdf
On Wednesday, May 30, 2018, NELA was proud to join with a coalition of women’s, employee, and civil rights groups led by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) in filing an amicus brief in support of the Plaintiff-Appellant Evangeline Parker in Parker v. Reema Consulting Services, Inc. ,...
Parker v. Reema Consulting_NWLC NELA Amici Brief_053018.pdf
On July 14, 2013, NELA joined AARP in filing an amicus brief supporting Carl Summers, a contract statistician with Altarum Institute Corp. who sustained serious injury to both legs in 2011 accident, in his appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Summers was terminated...
NELA-AARP Amicus Brief_Final (as filed)_07 16 20131.pdf
Summary Judgment, Iqbal , And Employment Discrimination , which brought together members of the bench, bar, and academia at New York Law School (NYLS) to explore the question of who should decide employment discrimination cases—judges or juries—and how to reverse the high rates of such cases being prematurely dismissed
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Williams v Tarrant Cty_5th Cir_AARP NELA Amicus Brief_Filed_041917.pdf
On August 10, 2020, NELA and the Pension Rights Center filed an amicus brief in the 9 th Circuit case of Bafford v. Northrop Grumman . This case speaks to vitally important pleading standards in ERISA cases, which have a direct impact on whether workers will be guaranteed a fair retirement...
Final Amicus Brief - Bafford v. Northrop Grumman.pdf