Lawyer - News

Employment lawyers are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will resolve a conflict in the federal circuits over the so-called cat's paw theory, which says that an employer is liable for discrimination when a final decision-maker is influenced by a lower-level employee with discriminatory motives to take an adverse action against another worker. The Court earlier this month asked the solicitor general for the government's views on a case that raises the theory, and is now considering whether to hear the case.

This entry was posted on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 12:22 pm and is filed under Lawyer - News.