In 2014, the Maryland legislature passed The Fairness for all Marylanders Act protecting people from discrimination based on “gender identity” in three primary areas: housing, public accommodations and employment. Sexual orientation is also protected expressly under state law.  Meanwhile, U.S. law prohibits gender and "sex" discrimination in Maryland and beyond, and may well apply to gender stereotyping as a form of gender discrimination; and may or may not apply to facts arising from sexual orientation, for now. 

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the leading regional federal court covering Maryland, held that the witness litigation privilege protects an expert as well as any witness who testifies in a legal proceeding - even if that expert gave purposefully biased and/or false testimony.  See Day v. John Hopkins Health System Corp., 907 F.3d 766 (4th Cir. 2018). 

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released results for fiscal 2018 and reports that in addition to accepting 70,000+ new “Charges,” the EEOC helped settle and resolve 90,558. That is an accomplishment.

When separating from your partner, the intensity of emotions can often cloud your judgment and influence major decision making. However, if they are decisions concerning the upbringing of your children, you need to work together with your spouse to reach an agreement if possible that works.  To relieve some of the stress involved, we have put together a list of five tips to help parents manage a separation.

This summer, a U.S. Federal Court held a Burger King franchise liable and accountable for interfering with an employee’s FMLA request to go care for his sick mother, when after making several requests to his onsite managers, but not to HR as required in the employment handbook.  See Moore v. GPS Hospitality Partners IV, LLC, el al., Civ. No. 7-CV-0500 WSN, Slip Op. at 1, 31, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92830, (D. Ala., June 3, 2019).

It is one thing to experience a retaliatory termination under The 1964 Civil Rights Act, and quite another to prove it.  The recent decision of Mohammed v. Cent. Driving Mini Storage, Inc., 128 F. Supp. 932 (D. Va. 2015) provides some good pointers.

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