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Civil Litigation: Second Circuit holds that sexual orientation discrimination is sex discrimination under Title VII

On Feb. 26, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overruled its own precedent and became only the second Court of Appeals in the nation to extend Title VII protection to gay workers. Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc., was argued before a rare en banc (before the entire panel of judges) session ...