Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Professor Tippett writes about ethics, employment law, and the intersection of law and technology. She is a co-author of the Fifth Edition of the West Academic textbook, Employment Discrimination & Employment Law: The Field as Practiced, along with Samuel Estreicher & Michael Harper. Her research on disparate impact litigation was cited by the United States Court of Appeals and the Iowa Supreme Court.
Professor Tippett is the Faculty Co-Director for the Master’s Program in Conflict and Dispute Resolution at the University of Oregon. Before joining the faculty, Professor Tippett was an employment law attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Professor Tippett earned her law degree at Harvard Law School in 2006.
#MeToo whistleblowing is upending century-old legal precedent demanding loyalty to the boss
Mar 06, 2019 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
When was the last time you agreed to keep a secret? Perhaps it was a personal confidence shared by a close family member or friend. Or it might have been in a contract with your employer to safeguard confidential...
Lawyers keep secrets locked up – so they get asked to do the dirty work
Apr 12, 2018 14:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Lawyers seem to at the center of lot of scandals lately. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, whose office and hotel were raided by the FBI, is only the latest example. Harvey Weinsteins law firm...
Companies need confidentiality clauses – but not to muzzle sexual abuse victims
Nov 22, 2017 02:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Harassment and abuse accusations against Harvey Weinstein and other prominent men, like Bill OReilly, have revealed a trail of settlement agreements in their wake, many of which contained language that prevented victims...
Why Trump's tirades are losing their potency
Sep 21, 2017 14:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
President Trump on Sept. 19 gave his inaugural speech to the United Nations General Assembly, where he characterized North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un as a rocket man on a suicide mission. He also threatened to totally...
Uber's dismissive treatment of employee's sexism claims is all too typical
Mar 01, 2017 07:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Uber has suffered a spate of bad publicity in recent days after allegations of harassment and discrimination from a former software engineer. In a blog post, Susan Fowler described being propositioned by her supervisor...
How timekeeping software helps companies nickel and dime their workers
Jan 12, 2017 14:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
If you work on an hourly basis, you may not have given much thought to what happens to your hours after you log out of your workstation. You might assume those hours are simply converted into dollars and show up on your...
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