IN THE NEWS: Attorney Dan Schwartz Comments on Affect of U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Private Employers

Pullman & Comley labor and employment attorney Daniel A. Schwartz commented on the impact on private employers of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Ricci v. DeStefano case in the July 6, 2009, article in The Connecticut Law Tribune.

According to Dan, “It’ll certainly have an impact on towns and companies that rely on these types of tests…If they don’t want to use the test [results], they’ll have to come up with a pretty good reason.” Dan also noted that because the Court decided the case using Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act it will potentially have more of an impact on private employers than had they used the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution, as constitutional claims tend to have more of an affect on the public sector.