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Policing Pronouns: How “Misgendering” is Becoming the New Battleground Over Discrimination

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This already is being litigated in some lower courts. In Ohio, Shawnee State University Professor Nicholas Meriwether, won a major appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit which reversed a lower court that initially upheld his punishment for using a student’s designated pronoun choices.

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Oberlin’s Revenge Mania: College Finally Runs Out of Appeals in Campaign Against Family-Owned Bakery

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The Ohio Supreme Court had rejected what should be Oberlin College’s final appeal of a verdict in favor of Gibson’s Bakery. Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar and the Board burned through millions in litigation costs above the damages rather than admit that the college was wrong in the targeting of this grocery.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

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faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The result is a horn of plenty for litigators. On the torts side, this year saw litigation in O’Connell v Macy’s Corporate Servs.,

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