Labor/Employment,
Government
Oct. 23, 2012
Binders full of platitudes
During last week's presidential debate, one of the more memorable exchanges surrounded the first bill that President Barack Obama signed into law - the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
Eric B. Kingsley
Partner
Kingsley & Kingsley APC
Labor & Employment
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Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.
During last Tuesday night's presidential debate, one of the more memorable exchanges surrounded the first bill that President Barack Obama signed into law - the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - which overruled the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 550 U.S. 618 (2007). That decision threw out a discriminatory pay claims on statute of limitation grounds.
Justice Samuel Alito delivered the 5-4 opinion of the court in Ledbetter<...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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