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Second Circuit Finds Procedural Error in Judgement Based on Pre-Motion Proceedings

Only rarely do decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit delve into the realm of pre-motion letters and pre-motion conferences.  But that’s what happened recently in Kowalchuck v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[1]  The court’s ruling there provides helpful guidance on pre-motion issues and related procedural safeguards....

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RPJ Employment Partner Larry Brocchini Discusses Second Circuit En Banc Ruling that Title VII Covers Claims for Sexual Orientation Discrimination

In an important employment discrimination case, the en banc Second Circuit held that “sexual orientation discrimination constitutes a form of discrimination ‘because of…sex,’ in violation of Title VII.”  This decision overturns prior Second Circuit precedent and now allows claimants to assert sexual discrimination claims based on sexual orientation under federal...

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Would the Second Circuit Have Ruled Differently in the Maltz Canadian Copyright Case? Insights from Reavis Parent Lehrer Associate Allison “Ally” M. Grein

After discovering her grandfather’s diary, written in the Holocaust-era village of Sokal (formerly in Poland, now considered part of Ukraine), Israeli-American documentarian Judy Maltz traveled to an address recorded in the diary—the home of Francizska Halamajowa, a woman who offered safe haven to Maltz’ grandfather, three Jewish families and a German soldier...

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