Khorri Atkinson
Senior Labor and Employment Reporter at Bloomberg Law
@blaw reporter covering labor & employment | @wabjdc immediate past pres | fmr 2x @nabj board member | @law360 @axios, @newmarkjschool alum | made in 🇯🇲
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Khorri Atkinson
The US Supreme Court’s burden-shifting standard used to assess workplace discrimination cases is an irrelevant “judge-made construct” unsupported by federal law, Justice Clarence Thomas said. In a concurring opinion for a unanimous ruling in favor of a heterosexual worker, Thomas once again voiced his concerns about the misapplication of the McDonnell Douglas test, which courts have used since 1973 to evaluate indirect evidence of bias. The standard from McDonnell Douglas Corp. v.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Khorri Atkinson
June 5, 2025, 4:10 PM UTC The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2020. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg Thomas, Gorsuch say McDonnell Douglas should be reconsideredOpinion highlights lower courts’ misapplication of standard The US Supreme Court’s burden-shifting standard used to assess workplace discrimination cases is an irrelevant “judge-made construct” unsupported by federal law, Justice Clarence Thomas said.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Khorri Atkinson
The US Supreme Court’s burden-shifting standard for assessing workplace discrimination cases is an irrelevant “judge-made construct” unsupported by federal law, Justice Clarence Thomas said, inviting future challenges to the doctrine. Concurring with a unanimous ruling in favor of a heterosexual worker, Thomas once again voiced concerns about the misapplication of the McDonnell Douglas test, which courts have used since 1973 to evaluate indirect evidence of bias.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Khorri Atkinson |Jay-Anne Casuga
The Trump administration is doubling down on its novel fraud theory targeting government contractors and grant recipients with “discriminatory” diversity programs, even in the face of pending judicial scrutiny.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Khorri Atkinson
The US Supreme Court declined to review an African-American adult entertainer’s racial bias suit accusing clubs in Houston, Texas, of unlawfully limiting the number of Black dancers per shift, prompting a dissent from two liberal justices who insist the petition should’ve been granted.
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