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Labor/Employment

Jul. 6, 2009

Reeling in Retaliation

Melanie M. Poturica and Lauren C. Liebes explain whether a casual dating relationship or friendship create enough of an association to warrant rights under Title VII.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Melanie M. Poturica and Lauren C. Liebes

The pool of potential retaliation claimants under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 just got smaller in many jurisdictions. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals joins the 3rd, 5th and 8th Circuits in its recent holding that a claimant must personally engage in protected activity, such as opposing a practice, making a charge or assisting or participating in an investigation, in order to ...

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