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Purdue Title IX sexual assault lawsuit still awaiting 7th Circuit decision

May 30, 2019

The campus sexual assault lawsuit brought by an unidentified male student against Purdue University, which was one of the first such cases to be heard by a federal appellate court since the U.S. Department of Education issued its “Dear Colleague” letter in 2011, is still awaiting a ruling from the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals while the number of similar complaints being added to the dockets of circuit courts around the country continues to grow.

Ex-Vanderburgh prosecutor employee files bias complaint

May 30, 2019

A former employee alleges Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Nick Hermann fired her unfairly after she rejected his romantic advances. Hermann denied the allegations but acknowledged the former employee had told him he had made her uncomfortable.

Mayor: Madison doesn’t want to be identified with Klan group

May 16, 2019

The mayor of Madison, Indiana, distancing his community from a local Ku Klux Klan group that is planning a rally in Ohio this month, saying the city doesn’t “stand for any kind of hate.”

Title IX investigation ends with IU Maurer professor’s departure

May 15, 2019

When Ian Samuel returned to Twitter on Friday after a nearly six-month absence, he posted his letter of resignation, announcing his decision to leave Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases

April 22, 2019

The Supreme Court is taking on a major test of LGBT rights in cases that look at whether federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Holcomb signs hate crimes measure into law

April 4, 2019

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation Wednesday aimed at getting Indiana off a list of five states without a hate crimes law, saying that the state has “made progress and taken a strong stand against targeted violence.”

Indiana Senate votes to send controversial hate crimes bill to governor

April 3, 2019

The Indiana Senate adopted the House’s version of a bias crimes bill Tuesday afternoon, sending the legislation to Gov. Eric Holcomb despite complaints from opponents who say the bill isn’t specific enough.

Indiana shelves bill on requirements for ID gender change

March 28, 2019

Indiana lawmakers have shelved a bill that would have made it harder for residents to change their gender on driver’s licenses or state identification cards.

Justice Thomas talks at court arguments, 1st time in 3 years

March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court was about to adjourn for the day when the Georgia baritone politely inquired of the lawyer at the lectern. Justice Clarence Thomas was breaking a three-year silence at high court arguments with a couple of questions in a case about racial discrimination in the South.

Justices reject B&B owner who denied room to gay couple

March 19, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place Hawaii court rulings that found a bed and breakfast owner violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to rent a room to a lesbian couple. The justices rejected an appeal from Aloha Bed & Breakfast owner Phyllis Young, who argued she should be allowed to turn away gay couples because of her religious beliefs.

Indiana offers nonbinary gender option on licenses, IDs

March 13, 2019

Indiana residents who don’t identify as male or female have the option starting this month of describing themselves as a nonbinary gender on their driver’s licenses and state identification cards.

Supreme Court: Judges can’t rule from the grave

February 26, 2019

Federal judges can’t rule from the grave, the US Supreme Court held Monday, writing that a federal court can’t count the vote of a judge who died in a decision issued after the judge’s death. The justices said “federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity.”

Senate Republicans strip hate crimes bill of victim categories

February 20, 2019

The Republican-majority Senate stripped a hate crimes bill Tuesday of language that specified the types of crimes it would apply to — those motivated by race, religion, sexual orientation, gender and other categories — despite emotional pleas by Democrats to leave the bill as written.

Judge allows ‘extremely narrow’ failure to accommodate claim to proceed against IPS

February 19, 2019

A disability discrimination claim brought against Indianapolis Public Schools by a former bus attendant who says the school district failed to accommodate her medical conditions will continue on “extremely narrow” grounds, a federal judge has ruled.

Nexlink must face fired worker’s sex harassment retaliation claim

February 12, 2019

Nexlink, a “solutions provider” for AT&T, has lost its bid for summary judgment and must face a former employee’s claims that she was terminated in fired for filing a sexual harassment complaint against a former supervisor when she previously worked at AT&T.

Connecticut man sues over job rejection due to medical marijuana

February 12, 2019

A Connecticut man whose bid to become a firefighter in the state’s largest city was rejected because he uses medical marijuana has sued.

IU student accused of sex misconduct denied injunction

January 31, 2019

A male student accused of sexual misconduct was denied a preliminary injunction to prevent Indiana University Bloomington from suspending him as a sanction from what he called a “fundamentally unfair disciplinary process.”

Ex-state employee loses disability discrimination appeal

January 28, 2019

A former of Department of Insurance employee fired after engaging in a verbal altercation and making crude comments about another employee has lost her disability-discrimination appeal before the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Judge: State’s ‘bureaucratic quagmire’ harms disabled woman

January 10, 2019

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has 21 days to arrange home health care for an elderly woman with quadriplegia who has been confined to a hospital or nursing home since February 2016, a federal judge has ruled. The decision comes after the judge ruled previously that the FSSA’s failure to develop a home-based care plan violated the woman’s rights under three federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Female Gary principal loses sex discrimination appeal

December 17, 2018

The 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment to northern Indiana school corporation when it found a female principal was not discriminated against based on her sex when a male candidate got the job she applied for.

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