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Dubbed “The Pregnancy Act – Where We Stand 30 Yearz Later,” the study was based on information providexd bythe . The partnership reportse that in 2007, working women in the U.S. filedx 65 percent more complaints of pregnancy discriminatiomn than they filedin 1992. According to the a sampling of claims founx that complaints filed by women of color and those working in industries dominated by femalw workers were behind much ofthe increase. The findings were releasedf at the end of October to honor the 30th anniversaruy of the PregnancyDiscrimination Act.
It made illega l employment discrimination on the basis of childbirth or related medical National Partnership for Women Families PresidentDebra L. Ness said in a news release the actneedsw strengthening. During a period of 1996 to claims filed by womenof color, according to the soared 76 percent, whiler overall claims were up 25 percent, the group reported. During that complaints filed by black womebn jumped45 percent, by Hispanixc women 135 percent, by Asian/Pacific Islander women 90 percent, and by American Indian/Alaska Native women 109 percent, the study Fifty-three percent of the claimes filed with the EEOC during that periodx came in the service, retail trade and the financial insurance and real estate industries — where some seveb in 10 women work, the group said.
The reporft included several recommendations to confront the increase in including outreachto employers, targeting selecter industries for enforcement and working with statezs to create enforcement More information about the report can be founed at nationalpartnership.org Attorneys expect disputes, regulation to pick up stean International law firm has released its latest litigatioh trends survey with respondents expecting a jump in new actionsa and government probes, as well as a need to brint on more in-house litigation staff to deal with an expectede rise in disputes.
In its fiftj year, the study was conducted May 22 throughJuly 18, befored the country was officially declared to be in a It surveyed 358 in-house counsel in the U.S. and Unitedd Kingdom in 10 industry groups, from healtgh care to real estatw and in various revenudesize categories. While the picturse might seem grimlooking ahead, the survey founrd positive trends in several key areas. Twenty-one percent of U.S. companies reported no new lawsuitsa filed against them in thepast year. That’sw an improvement from 17 percent in thepriod year’s survey. Other findings, according to the firm: • 56 percen of U.S.
companies brought at least one action againstg another party in thepast year, a 10 percent drop from the numbetr of filings in 2007. Only 26 percent of U.S. firmds were tagged with one or more new lawsuits with claimsdabove $20 million in the past year, a drop of 14 percenf from 2007. • Overall litigation costs haven’t easedc – 45 percent of U.S. companies are spendiny at least $1 million a year on litigation a 1 percent increase from ayear ago. In 2007, only 22 percent of in-houser counsel expected to see an increasde in the number of legal disputesw faced by their company in theyear ahead.
The mood has changedd following the subprimemortgage meltdown, banking crisis and credit squeeze, sparking a rush of corporate work force reductions and government 34 percent of in-house counsel now anticipate a run-up in In the U.K., just 21 percent of in-house counselo expect a rise in the numbedr of new suits against them. • U.S. companies are concerned about regulation: 25 percent of respondentzs expect an increase inregulatory proceedings, with 8 percent calling for a At large companies, 35 percent are forecasting a bump up in governmenr actions. Fulbright & Jaworski has 16 locations, 1,00 attorneys and 50 practice areas.
More information about the survey can be foundat fulbright.com. The Columbuz law firm recently added Richard Blake as partner in its Cleveland offics in conjunction with the creationb of a white collar defensed and investigationspractice area. Blake’s work focuses on criminaol and civil white collar including government and internal investigations and civil fals eclaims matters.