Testing & Discrimination Issues in the Supreme Court
Testing & Discrimination Issues in the Supreme Court
When: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Join employment law expert Larry Lorber, a partner with the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP for a discussion on the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions relating to discrimination and testing.
On May 24, 2010 the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case Lewis v. City of Chicago, that under Title VII’s disparate impact provisions, every time an employer uses a particular employment practice, it starts the clock running again. At issue was the city’s use of a well-qualified list to hire firefighters, the underlying test had a disparate impact and the city unsuccessfully argued that the firefighter applicants were time-barred from bringing a suit because they waited until the city started hiring from the list to sue.
And last June, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 opinion in the case Ricci v. DeStefano that the city of New Haven, Connecticut violated Title VII when it threw out test results because it believed the test had a disparate impact on minorities.
Meet the Presenter
Lawrence Z. Lorber, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
Lawrence Z. Lorber, a Partner in the Washington, D.C. office, is an experienced employment law practitioner who counsels and represents employers in connection with all aspects of labor and employment law. He advises employers with respect to equal employment opportunity issues, affirmative action, including Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Department of Labor audits, wage and hour issues, employment aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, and employee discipline and the preparation of employee handbooks and human resource policies. He also advises clients with respect to government contract issues. Larry conducts employee investigations and advises clients with respect to Congressional and regulatory matters. He also represents employers and executives with respect to employment contracts and severance arrangements.
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