Workplace Equality and Economic Empowerment
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Determined the right of an employee to sue her employer for pay discrimination if she does not bring her claim within 180 days of her employer's pay decision.
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Determined whether the treatment from the employer to a pregnant employee violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
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Determined whether an employer's conduct has to be "egregious" or "outrageous" in order to sustain an award of punitive damages under Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Determined the constitutionality of state “head and master” laws, which deem the husband “master” of all marital property and allows him to control marital property without his wife’s consent.
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Concerned sexual harassment charges against a judge and the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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This case, the first sexual harassment class action to reach federal court, determined whether the person appointed to determine the damages owed to the victims of a workplace sexual harassment case committed legal errors in his discovery report.
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Legal Momentum, with the Purple Campaign, the National Women's Law Center, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, were joined by 42 organizations in filing an Amicus Brief in the Fourth Circuit in support of Appellant Jane Roe in Roe v United States of America, et al. The amicus brief details the pervasive sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, and retaliation to which Roe was subjected to from early 2018 through March 2019 when she was constructively discharged from her position. The brief urges the Court to reverse the lower court's decision and "affirm that its own employees are entitled to the Constitutional guarantee of the right to work in an environment free from sexual harassment and other workplace discrimination.
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Determined whether a domestic violence survivor could remove her name from the electronic court record of an eviction complaint to prevent adverse impacts on future house opportunities.
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Determined the availability of unemployment insurance under New York law for a victim of domestic violence who leaves her job to relocate in order to escape abuser.
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Determined whether a victim of domestic violence may be penalized for "failure to produce records" in an eminent domain suit, where she had lost access to her records when fleeing from her abusive husband.
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Determined whether an employer violates federal anti-discrimination law (Title VII) by excluding contraceptives from a prescription drug plan that covers other prescriptions.
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Regarding the Michigan's legislature's decision to "adopt and amend" two proposed ballot initatives to meaningfully raise the minimum wage and to mandate paid sick time for most employees.
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