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You Ledbetter Recognize! The first new law of the Obama administration advances the movement for access to the civil justice system! We've tracked Ledbetter v. Goodyear and the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act extensively, which is why it's so exciting to share the video...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on January 29, 2009 01:26 PM
Equal Pay in the New Administration A new, self-proclaimed feminist President pledges to support fair pay legislation. Now it is up to the Senate to do the same. On this month’s cover of Ms. Magazine, “Superman Obama” rips open his shirt to reveal the message, “This...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on January 22, 2009 08:28 AM
Fair Pay Fixes Passed! Talk about a running start. Congress opened this year with some groundbreaking stuff! On Friday the House passed 2 bills to address job discrimination (NYT). The first, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, corrects the terrible Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision....
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on January 12, 2009 09:03 AM
Pregnancy Discrimination Case Before High Court Wednesday is Ledbetter Redux Check out this well-written post, Pregnancy Discrimination Case Before High Court Wednesday is Ledbetter Redux. Published on ACSBlog, by Harper Jean Tobin of the National Senior Citizen Law Center: The Supreme Court’s decision last year in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on December 10, 2008 06:50 PM
Joe the Plumber? What about Lily Ledbetter? So... I started to write a second piece reflecting on the final debate, focusing on the little exchange between Obama and McCain about the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, and Ledbetter v. Goodyear. As I wrote, I found that I...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on October 22, 2008 11:47 AM
Equal pay for equal work is a fundamental American principle! Lilly Ledbetter just delivered a fiery speech that made the case for access to the courts the way no lawyer ever could, as the roaring DNC crowd confirms. In the interest of timeliness here are my scattered notes, with a...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on August 26, 2008 09:40 PM
Lilly Ledbetter at DNC today... (Updated at 7:50pm) Today's a big day. 88 years ago today, the Secretary of State certified the ratification of the 19th amendment, granting women's suffrage. And four years ago, President Bush named today Women's Equality Day. Now, tonight at 7pm...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on August 26, 2008 04:49 PM
Fair Warning... On DMI Blog Check out Antoine Morris' post on DMI Blog: Last week, Republicans blocked a fair pay bill that would effectively overturn a flawed ruling by the Supreme Court in a wage discrimination case, Lilly Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co....
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on April 28, 2008 09:48 AM
TODAY: Senate Considers Fair Pay Act Check out my interview on the Knight Report about the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. What's the Fair Pay Act? It's no big deal, really. It could only reshape the entire legal terrain of employment discrimination and determine whether employers should...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on April 23, 2008 10:13 AM
Senate to Consider Equal Pay Bill On New York Times blog: Equal pay for equal work will be the catch phrase in the Senate this week. That’s because lawmakers are scheduled to take on a measure arising out of the case of Lilly Ledbetter, an Alabama...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on April 21, 2008 11:40 AM
More than Small Claims You know, one thing I've noticed is that tort deformers really like to trivialize the importance of access to justice, distorting the fight for access to our courts into some gimmicky story about litigious people filing crazy lawsuits prompted...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on April 18, 2008 12:53 PM
National Women's Law Center Urges Your Action On TortDeform we've discussed employment discrimination, the troubling Supreme Court decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, and the promising Fair Pay Restoration Act. Here's a message from the National Women's Law Center, with information about what people can do besides fume...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on January 27, 2008 12:43 PM
Alliance for Justice on the Southwick Confirmation The following statement was provided by Nan Aron, President of Alliance for Justice: Wednesday, the Senate voted to confirm Judge Leslie Southwick to a lifetime seat on the Fifth Circuit. Ignoring opposition from unions, consumer groups, civil rights proponents, GLBT...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on October 26, 2007 08:42 AM
Court Protects Gender Discrimintion From Lawyers Guns & Money Blog: Court Protects Gender Discrimintion As Ruth Bader Ginsburg notes, the evidence of gender discrimination in the case of Ledbetter v. Goodyear, decided today by the Supreme Court, is unambiguous: (keep reading)...
Posted in Tort "Reform" exposed on Tort Deform on May 29, 2007 02:23 PM