United States: Strasburger Successfully Defends Dallas Housing Authority Against Breach Of Employment Contract And Civil Rights Violations Claims

“It is my hope that the Court’s clear and concise opinion in this matter settles the issue of whether DHA discriminates in its hiring practices,” stated Greg Mays, Dallas Housing Authority’s General Counsel.

On October 14, the Dallas Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas upheld a summary judgment in favor of the Dallas Housing Authority (“DHA”) on all claims in a case brought against DHA by a former City of Dallas Housing […]

By | October 20th, 2014 ||

United States: SDNY Dismisses Extraterritorial SOX And Dodd Frank Whistleblower Claims

Failing to heed a powerful message from the Second Circuit, overseas plaintiffs are continuing to seek to pursue  SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims.  On September 30, 2014, the Southern District of New York in Ulrich v. Moody’s Corp.,2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138082 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2014), dismissed SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims on the grounds that the statutes’ respective anti-retaliation provisions do not apply extraterritorially.
Background
Plaintiff Paul Ulrich (Plaintiff) is a US citizen and former […]

By | October 20th, 2014 ||

Canada: Case Brief: On A Partner’s Right To Claim Discrimination In Employment

On May 22, 2014, the Supreme Court ruled that a partner in a BC law firm could not invoke human rights protection against age discrimination in employment to prevent his mandatory retirement.

In McCormick v. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, 2014 SCC 39, the Court held that the existence of an employment relationship was determined by reference to control exercised by the employer over working conditions and remuneration and a corresponding dependency on the part of […]

By | October 19th, 2014 ||