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06Feb

Exclusion for Gender Reassignment Surgery May Violate Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 23, 2019, District Judge Rosemary Marquez ruled, in connection with a motion to dismiss, that Title VII does protect discrimination based on a person’s transgender status, and that a health insurance plan’s exclusion...
By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/exclusion-for-gender-reassignment-89832/

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