Equal Pay Day Event
The Three Faces of
Work-Family Conflict: The Poor, the Professionals, and the Missing
Middle
A conversation with
Joan Williams - Center for WorkLife Law
and Rai Sue Sussman, Attorney with Alexis Hutchinson, Former Army Specialist
Moderated by Arcelia Hurtado - Equal Rights Advocates
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6-8 pm
Arnold
& Porter LLP
275 Battery Street, Suite 2700
San
Francisco, CA
Please RSVP to
Shira Moyer
Women in Sports Equity
ERA proudly announces the kick-off of the
Women in Sports Equity (WISE) Fund. The fund is a key term negotiated in the settlement of
Brust v. Regents, a Title IX case brought against the University of California at Davis on behalf of a class of current female athletes by ERA, The Sturdevant Law Firm and Equity Legal. Grants will be awarded to female club athletes and teams at UC Davis who seek support to develop women athletes.
ERA Case Updates
Court Upholds 2.47 Million Dollar Verdict in Maher
On March 15th, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California upheld a jury verdict of $2.47 million in favor of Plaintiff Michelle
Maher in a sex discrimination suit against the City of Fresno arising from its 2007 discharge of Maher from the Fresno Fire Department’s Fire Academy.
Rejecting Fresno’s motion for new trial and judgment as a matter of law, the Court cited to an abundance of evidence that supported the jury’s verdict, including evidence that Maher was subjected to a higher standard than male recruits and that supervisors disparaged women as firefighters because they did not make testosterone. The Court also remarked on the fact that Fresno had not hired a female firefighter in six years, despite receiving a $1.5 million grant to improve diversity. Siegel & Yee is ERA's co-counsel on the case.
Ninth Circuit Decision in Mansourian v. RegentsOn March 17th, former female wrestlers at the University of California at Davis filed an opposition to a Petition for a Re-Hearing and Rehearing
En Banc filed by defendants challenging a
decision by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstating plaintiffs’ claims against the University and certain of its officials.
Defendants do not challenge the panel’s reinstatement of Plaintiffs’ Title IX and constitutional claims, or its reversal of the District Court’s dismissal on pre-litigation notice grounds. Rather, defendants challenge several findings of the Court supporting its decision that the University had not proven its compliance with Title IX on summary judgment. The Sturdevant Law Firm and Equity Legal are ERA’s co-counsel on the case.
