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Bringing sanity back to Title VII
August 08, 2014 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON
This morning PLF filed this Reply Brief in Shea v. Kerry, a case where we are representing Foreign Service officer William Shea in his fight against the US Department of State. When William Shea was hired by the State Department in the early 1990s, they had a program that placed minority individuals in advanced positions by virtue of their ...
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Fighting to restore Title VII — Shea v. Kerry
March 11, 2014 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an historic piece of legislation. The statute prohibits racial discrimination in employment: The text of Title VII is explicit: It shall be unlawful to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his … ...