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7th Circuit Rejects Failure to Conciliate Affirmative Defense in Title VII Action

by Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP | Dec 30, 2013 | Labor and Employment

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin (7th Circuit) went against a strong trend in litigation involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The 7th Circuit rejected the use of an affirmative defense that the Equal...