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Posts from Joshua Newville, a Minnesota employment lawyer, civil rights attorney, and mediator.


May 2014: Newville Files Class Action Pay Discrimination Lawsuit Against Lab Companies
On Friday, May 2, Joshua Newville filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The...

Joshua Newville
May 9, 2014


Modern Feminism & The Law
The kind of strident activism sometimes employed by advocates for marginalized groups serves one incredibly important purpose: it forces...

Joshua Newville
Oct 2, 2013


SCOTUS Kills DOMA and Prop 8; Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lives On
It’s been a busy week for employment law and civil rights. The impact of the past week’s Supreme Court decisions on these two areas of...

Joshua Newville
Jun 28, 2013


Supreme Court Weakens Title VII Protections
From Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in today’s Supreme Court Decision in Vance v. Ball State, which narrowly defined “supervisor” so as to...

Joshua Newville
Jun 24, 2013


Not My Fault, Your Honor. She’s Just Too Hot.
It’s a tactic long used by defendants in both civil and criminal cases. From charges of rape to sexual harassment, men take the stand...

Joshua Newville
Mar 4, 2013
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