Partner Jason Schwartz Speaks to The Wall Street Journal About Supreme Court Reverse Discrimination Decision

In the Media  |  June 6, 2025

The Wall Street Journal

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Partner Jason Schwartz told The Wall Street Journal that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing a woman to pursue a claim that she was denied a promotion because she is straight “will supercharge the current wave of reverse discrimination lawsuits by removing a significant obstacle for plaintiffs.”

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that the lower appeals court was wrong to require the plaintiff to show “background circumstances” indicating anti-straight bias by her employer — a burden that would not have applied had the plaintiff been gay.