On Saturday, April 11, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Values Act making Virginia the first state in the South to enact comprehensive protections for the LGBTQ community against discrimination in housing, employment, public…
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CBS affiliate WDBJ7 featured a story on Lucas v. BH Media Group and Lee Enterprises in which former employee Candace Lucas alleges she was terminated for complaining of a sexually harassing editor. Despite being told by her supervisor that she handle…
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Virginia lawmakers passed comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation on Febrary 6, 2020 that makes the state the first in the South to enact such protections for LGBTQ people. The measures advanced on bipartisan votes, 59-35 in the House and 30-9…
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As reported by WFXR Fox, Virginia Employment Law represents David Broussard and Matthew Johnson, former employees of Eldor Automotive with claims of unpaid overtime compensation and discrimination on the basis of national origin. David Broussard has…
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As reported by Fox news, Virginia Employment Law represents Rebecca Claussen, who was demoted and later terminated from employment with Salt Lake City-based marketing firm, the Summit Group. Ms. Claussen has filed a Charge of Discrimination with the…
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CBS affiliate WDBJ7 reported on a recent settlement achieved by Virginia Employment Law. After over a year of litigation, the City of Roanoke and the 343 current and former police officers of the Roanoke City Police Department represented by Virginia…
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Falling in line with Virginia Employment Law’s past lawsuits against municipalities due to 1st Amendment retaliation, the Danville Register & Bee published an article focused on former DSS Director Sherry Flanagan’s claims. The case w…
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NBC affiliate WSLS interviewed Tommy regarding two cases of racial discrimination against Lynchburg City Schools. Tommy spoke about how a former Superintendent made racially charged comments such as referring to black employees as “the helpR…
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In Griffin v. Department of Labor Federal Credit Union, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a visually-impaired man did not have standing to demand that a website of a federal credit union integrate speech-based navigation into its website…
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As reported in Virginia Lawyers Weekly, a federal judge has issued a landmark opinion in a Virginia Employment Law case. In Spencer v. Bedford County, Judge Norman K. Moon wrote that Ms. Spencer had sufficiently plead counts of Title VII discriminati…
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