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Article: Supreme Court shift favors employers; Bush appointees make pro-business rulings more likely in workplace rights cases.(analysis of labor law)
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- October 1, 2007
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Byline: Gerald L. Maatman Jr.
The Supreme Court's 2006/2007 term has enhanced expectations for employers and employment practices liability insurers looking for a leveling of the EPLI playing field.
Plaintiffs took it on the chin in workplace rights cases, and employers chalked up significant victories. Given the recent addition of two justices picked by President Bush-Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito-the Supreme Court shifted decidedly to the right on workplace legal issues over the past year.
The most significant ruling-and the key win for employers-is Ledbetter vs. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., in which the Supreme ...