Discrimination Law

With increasing frequency, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has become the subject of front-page news. In its effort to aggressively enforce civil-rights laws, the MCAD now routinely issues substantial damage awards against employers in connection with discrimination claims relating to age, disability, gender, sexual harassment, and race.

Published monthly since 1979, Landlaw's Massachusetts Discrimination Law Reporter (MDLR) is an indispensable research tool for attorneys in this rapidly expanding practice area. Corporate human-resource directors rely on the Reporter to design nondiscriminatory employment and termination policies that minimize costly damage awards against employers. Familiarity with current MCAD policies and decisions can also help reduce legal expenses and avoid negative publicity.

In addition to providing the full text of all MCAD decisions, MDLR includes detailed case-by-case subject-matter digests, cumulative subject-matter indices linked to over 400 subject-matter classifications, cumulative indices of cases cited, relevant statutes, and commentary on the decisions from both a management and a plaintiff perspective. Adding their expert analyses to the publication are Pat Washienko of the Law Offices of Pat Washienko, Katherine Michon and David Conforto of Shilepsky, O'Connell, Casey, Hartley, Michon, and Yelen, LLP, and Leah Moore of Seyfarth Shaw in Boston.

Subscriptions to MDLR are available at $560 per year. Back volumes may be purchased for $150 per volume. To order a subscription, simply call us at (617) 879-3133 or (800) 637-6330 (Massachusetts only) or e-mail us at ordermdlr@landlaw.com and we will enroll you immediately.