Objectives-You should be very familiar with the laws that apply to Employment Discrimination Cases, especially Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and its amendments, know how the different laws apply to discrimination cases and how and when these laws originated.  It is very important that you understand what the protected classes are in employment discrimination cases. Know the steps in the process in bringing a discrimination charge and what the key defenses are for employers who are charged with discrimination.  I also want you to be very familiar with the American With Disabilities Act, how that relates to employment and what employers are expected to do to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee with a disability.  You need to know the different laws that are related to antitrust violations.  Know the different ways that a company can subject itself to antitrust violations and know what horizontal and vertical restraints of trade are, and how they differ.  This lesson aligns well with general objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7.

The important case for Chapter 16 is - Keith v. County of Oakland-this case is an excellent discussion of what reasonable accommodations are expected of a business to allow them to hire employees with disabilities.  This is a very important area of the law and something with which businesses have to comply. The important case for Chapter 20-United States v. Apple, Inc-this one is a big fight between Apple and Amazon regarding e-books and price fixing and the Sherman Act.  This case has a good discussion of what constitutes an illegal and unreasonable restraint of trade.  And Todd v. Exxon, Corp.-this case is another good discussion of the Sherman Act, but in this situation, employees sued several big oil companies saying they were conspiring to hold down salaries of managerial, professional and technical employees. 

Read Chapters Sixteen and Twenty

Do the Assignments listed below for each chapter

Chapter 16-do Case question #3 on page 406, Friedman v. Cal Permanente Medical Group, 102 Cal.App.4th 39, Ct. App., Calif (2002)-this is a good case regarding what actually is employment discrimination.  Mr. Friedman sued Cal Perm for employment discrimination based on religion because he was a vegan.  Tell me what the court decided and why.  What do you think? 

Chapter 20-answer the Discussion Question on page 502-answer this question fully, giving reasons for your answer.  Fully discuss the Sherman Act, from it's roots in Congressional legislation to the actual everyday application of the act, that businesses have to worry about.  Many legal analysts think the act is very vague, which makes compliance and interpretation very difficult for businesses.  Do you think Congress did this to give the Courts more leeway in deciding cases? 

All  assignments will be due December 11th by 11:59 p.m. and I will not accept them late