What's All The Fuss? SCOTUS (Finally) Considers Whether Adverse Decisions Against LGBT Employees Constitute Sex Discrimination In Violation of Title VII
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By: Amy Epstein Gluck With this post, I join the multitude of bloggers writing about the historical announcement yesterday that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear and decide a series of cases this fall to determine whether the federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of “sex,” Title VII of the Civil…
Read More Iron Throne or Boardroom—Leadership Matters
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Who will rule Westeros? Or, in employment-speak, who will become the CEO of Westeros? So, I love Game of Thrones. I really love it, and the last two years have been kind of brutal waiting for the start of the very last season. But it’s here, and it’s tonight. TONIGHT. And this…
Read More Sex Stereotyping, Transgender Status, and a Settlement with the EEOC
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Sex stereotyping is a form of sex discrimination. Sex discrimination violates the law. That is all. Kidding! But, really, this cannot be emphasized enough. One tire company learned this the hard way, i.e., expensively. What happened? Well, the plaintiff, a person named Woodward, applied for a position at one of the tire…
Read More Allegations of Sex Discrimination and Unequal Pay—It's A Small World After All?
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By Amy Epstein Gluck It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears, it’s a world of hope and a world of fears…. Sound familiar? That’s right! It’s the Small World ride at Disney! This refrain ran through my head as I read about a new lawsuit filed earlier this week against the Walt Disney Company (“Disney”)…
Read More Up In The Air—To Address Sexual Harassment, Follow Your Procedures
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By: Amy Epstein Gluck So, I’m on a Southwest flight to New Orleans (woohoo!!) to hang out with my FisherBroyles partners for a few days. I am psyched! Being me, on the flight, I started chatting with the flight attendant about her job and ask her about her experiences with sexual harassment in her workplace, which,…
Read More Accusations of "Institutionalized Gender Discrimination" Dominate Women's Professional Soccer
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By Amy Epstein Gluck Last week, the entire U.S. women’s soccer team filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against the United States Soccer Federation alleging unequal pay, practice time, medical treatment, and other benefits and accusing it of “institutionalized gender discrimination.” The date of the lawsuit: International Women’s Day. Sound familiar? It…
Read More The 4th Circuit Says: Rumor Has It
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By Amy Epstein Gluck I am going to lay out the lede up front: last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim based on sex-based rumors. It considered the claims to be rooted in unlawful sex stereotypes about women. What Was This…
Read More You Should Dress More Gender Appropriate
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By: Amy Epstein Gluck The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is taking on Chili’s. No, it’s not because a server added to salt to a margarita when a customer specifically asked for no salt (this happens to me a lot), and it’s not because there were not enough jalapeños on the nachos. Rather, the ACLU…
Read More Double Standards and Sex Stereotypes? Just ask Serena Williams.
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Settle in people, and grab some coffee because I have a lot to say today about Saturday’s Grand Slam between the legendary Serena Williams and upcoming powerhouse Naomi Osaka. Before you ask, “But, Amy, what does this have to do with employment and the workplace?” The tennis court is Serena Williams’…
Read More Sexual Harassment: R-E-S-P-E-C-T in Fire Departments
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Damn, I miss Aretha. Back, way back, in early 2016, I told you here about a Colorado fire department’s $75,000 settlement with a former female firefighter to settle claims of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The woman had filed a complaint with the EEOC (a complainant’s necessary first step prior to…
Read More AMY EPSTEIN GLUCK
Amy Epstein Gluck has represented individuals and corporate clients in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and various federal district courts for more than twenty years. Ms. Epstein Gluck’s current practice areas include employment law—advising on and drafting employment agreements; handling employment negotiations, severance agreements, noncompete and nondisclosure agreements, “wrongful terminations” and other EEO matters; representation at the EEOC level; advising employers about discrimination laws and how to remain in compliance, and employment negotiations.
RICHARD COHEN
Richard Cohen has litigated and arbitrated complex corporate, commercial and employment disputes for more than 35 years, and is a trusted advisor to business owners and in-house counsel both in the United States and internationally. His clients have included Fortune 100 companies, domestic and foreign commercial and investment banks, Pacific-rim corporations and real estate development companies, as well as start-up businesses throughout the United States.
