Civil Rights Reporter 

As the launch of the Civil Rights Reporter approached, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine discussed civil rights issues in a conversation with Marilyn Tobocman, a principal assistant attorney general in the office’s Civil Rights Section. Attorney General DeWine has been involved in civil rights issues throughout his career, primarily during his years in Congress. Tobocman, a civil rights attorney for three decades, has been with the Attorney General’s Office for 19 years and was in private practice for 11 years.

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) protects those returning from service in the uniformed services, including those called up from the Reserves or National Guard, and prohibits employer discrimination based on time in the military.

Issue: When does an employee’s informal statement to a human relations vice president make the employee’s subsequent termination unlawful retaliatory conduct?

Issues: Does a policy that prohibits a retired former employee from being rehired into the same or similar position have a disparate impact based on age where the employer is unable to demonstrate that its actions were based upon a reasonable factor other than age?

Issue:  Does a defendant have the ability to limit a plaintiff’s discovery into company records to locate similarly situated individuals in an employment discrimination case based on disparate treatment?