Marlean Ames worked at the Ohio Department of Youth Services since 2004. In 2019, she applied and interviewed for a management position that a different candidate—a lesbian woman—ultimately got. The ...

In a unanimous decision issued June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services vacated a Sixth Circuit ruling that imposed a higher evidentiary burden on ...

Did you know that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 wasn’t supposed to include job protections for women? Title VII—the section that covers job discrimination—included race, color, religion and national ...

A textualist interpretation of Section 702 shows that the exemption applies when a religious employer confines employment to people who fit the employer's religious observances, practices, and beliefs ...

In late 2024, American Airlines agreed to end certain DEI-focused hiring and employment practices after facing a complaint from conservative group America First Legal, alleging that the airline’s ...

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This is the third in a series of five posts discussing our recent article in the BYU Law Review on Title VII's religious employer exemption. In the last post we explained how a textualist reading of ...

Four promotions, four rejections, and two of the same decision-panel members every time – one Arkansas officer's discrimination case is moving forward. On April 9, 2026, the Supreme Court of Arkansas ...

Unpacking Sixth Circuit’s Corporate Liability Ruling for Title VII Harassment Claims The court said if the accused is not an “agent” of the employer, it comes down to intent. More specifically, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Florida Historic Capitol sits near the 22-story new Capitol building, seen on July 25, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida. (Joe ...