In the Spring 2008 Newsletter
The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
By David Ciesla, Legal Content Editor, Sections and Litigation
Groups
The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, H.R. 2831, was defeated on
April 23, 2008. The Act was Congress’s recent attempt
to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Co.1 Although the House passed the
Bill on July 31, 2007, the Senate fell four votes short of the
60 votes necessary to begin consideration of the Act.
Representative George Miller originally introduced the Act
on June 22, 2007 in response to the Supreme Court’s May
29, 2007 decision in Ledbetter. The Act was intended to “clarify
that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice
that is unlawful …
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CASE SELECTION,
INVESTIGATION AND PLEADING TIPS: SETTING THE STAGE
By Randolph H. Freking, Cincinnati, OH
I. Case Selection and Investigations
The key to any successful piece of employment litigation is
the initial case selection and investigation. During this process,
the plaintiff’s attorney needs to identify early on the
theories that will allow a court and jury to recognize the unfairness
of the adverse action taken against the employee. The keys to
a successful investigation are the identification of the strengths
with respect to the plaintiff’s employment (primarily
length of service and performance history), the potential legal
claims that can match with the unfairness, and the economic
and emotional damage suffered by the employee.
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