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NH Bar News   April 17, 2025:
Employment Discrimination and Summary Judgment
Is McDonnell Douglas Fading Away?
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and
Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate)

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Girl Power Talk (2025) (girlpowertalk.com)
Leading with a Purpose; Nancy Richards-Stower

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NH Bar News   April 17, 2024:
What Happens When The NH Commission for Human Rights Fails to Meet Its Statute's 24-Month Case Processing Time?
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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NH Bar News   December 20, 2023:
Alert: Many Employee Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Settlement Terms are Now Illegal
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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NH Bar News   April 19, 2023:
Common Law Wrongful Termination - New Hampshire Once Led the Way
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

Common Law Wrongful Termination - New Hampshire Once Led the Way
NH Bar News   October 19, 2022:
Dear God, My Tether is Broken!
by Nancy Richards-Stower.

Dear God, My Tether is Broken!
NH Bar News   April 20, 2022:
The N.H. Supreme Court on Employment Disability Accommodation. Pot, Yes; Sitting, No.
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

The N.H. Supreme Court on Employment Disability Accommodation. Pot, Yes; Sitting, No.
NH Bar News   April 21, 2021:
Bostock v. Clayton County: Civil Rights Jenga
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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NH Bar News   February 17, 2021:
You Can't Handle the Truth
by Nancy Richards-Stower

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NH Bar News   January 20, 2021:
The (Un) Ethics of NDAs in Sexual Harassment Settlement Agreements
by Nancy Richards-Stower

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NH Bar News   September 16, 2020:
The Ministerial Exception Expands
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate)

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N.H. Bar News   April 15, 2020
Summary Judgment: What is the Standard Now?
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate)

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N.H. Bar News   April 17, 2019
"Me, Too" Taxed, Too? Answer: NO!
by Nancy Richards-Stower

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NH Bar News   February 20, 2019
"Me Too, Taxed Too?"
by Nancy Richards-Stower


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NH Municipal Association
Town and City Magazine, July/August 2018
"YOU, TOO! The Impact of the 'ME, TOO! Movement
in Municipal Offices."
by Nancy Richards-Stower

https://issuu.com/newhampshiremunicipalassociation
NH Bar News  April 2018
by Nancy Richards-Stower


Voir Dire for Sexual Harassment Cases in the Era of Pink Hats and "Me, too!"

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The Concord Monitor (12/31/17) Interviews Nancy Richards-Stower
      The Legal History of Sexual Harassment in New Hampshire is Shorter Than You Think.
      "For Nancy Richards-Stower, a former commissioner at the Commission for Human Rights and a veteran civil rights attorney, the state statute change has always been a double-edged sword...

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  April 19, 2017  Debating a Longstanding Divide in the Federal Circuits [on the issues of whether a discriminatory termination under Title VII requires a replacement hire from a different class; and what types of claims can grow by amendment to an EEOC charge after the statute of limitations has run on the charge filing period] by Nancy Richards-Stower (Employee Advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (Employer Advocate) 

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  July 20, 2016   Federal Employment Law: Debating Green v. Brennan [on the issue of when does the statute of limitations begin to run in a constructive termination case where the employee is forced to quit because of unbearable circumstances] by Nancy Richards-Stower (Employee Advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (Employer Advocate) 

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April 20, 2016  NH Supreme Court Holds Individuals Liable for Employment Discrimination  by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Union Leader, March 8, 2015

PRIMARY MEMORIES, as New Hampshire celebrates 100 years of the Primary: Terry Shumaker, state co-chairman for Bill Clinton in 1992, recalls how the former Arkansas governor hovered around 3 percent name recognition in October 1991. That’s 3 percent recognition, not support. “It was always a concern that we would throw an event and no one would come,” he said. So when Nancy Richards-Stower approached the campaign with a proposed gathering in Merrimack, Shumaker recalls the reticence. She ultimately convinced them. Shumaker recalled the place was so packed that the fire marshal threatened to shut it down — which went out on the national news wire, much to the delight of team Clinton. “That’s when we knew,” Shumaker says, “we were going places.” 
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150319/NEWS0602/150318945/1012

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Bar News April 15, 2015.  U. S. Supreme Court Pregnancy Decision, Impact of Young v. UPS Decision Might Be Minimal by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Nancy's client, a school custodian afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome wins right to proceed to trial. 
www.cabinet.com/cabinet/cabinetnews/1054809-308/mont-vernon-school-janitor-sues-district-claims.html

And the jury verdict form tells the story: the jury awarded the custodian $339,992 on February 6, 2015.
 Click here to see the jury verdict form and the jury's question for the judge:   


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Bar  News - April 16, 2014 Labor and Employment Law Debate: SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States):
Drug Deal Case from Iowa Invokes Federal Employment Law by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Bar  News - April 19, 2013 Labor and Employment Law Debate: Debating the Motive Standard for Retaliation Cases
by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Bar News - April 13, 2012 Labor and Employment Law Debate: The U.S. Supreme Court Affirms a Ministerial Exception to Employment Lawsuits, by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Bar News - September 15, 2011 Labor & Employment Law Debate: Too Big to Sue and Too Personal for the First Amendment, by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Bar News - April 15, 2011 Labor & Employment Law Debate:  Three Noteworthy Cases: A Facebook Complaint, a Third-party Protection Issue and a "Cat's Paw" Liability Case by Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate)


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Bar News - May 14, 2010. Richards-Stower's New Rap: Ashcroft v. Iqbal

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Bar News - January 15, 2010. My Mentor Robert Rines: A True Renaissance Man By: Nancy Richards-Stower

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Union Leader, November 26, 2009, "Soldier Wins His Battle Over Lost Job"

Click here to read about Attorney Richards-Stower's trial on behalf of National Guard
Member, Stephen Fryer who was awarded $445,000 by a Boston federal trial jury.

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Bar News- September 18, 2009. Four Recent Supreme Court Decisions By: Nancy Richards-Stower and Debra Weiss Ford. This is the seventh Bar News "debate" between employment lawyers Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Bar News - March 13, 2009. The Supreme Court Confirms Employee Retaliation Rights Protection By: Nancy Richards-Stower and Debra Weiss Ford ... This is the sixth Bar News "debate" between employment lawyers Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Bar News - February 13, 2009. An Employment Discrimination Rap By: Nancy Richards-Stower


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Bar News - August 15, 2008. The Supreme Court Revs Up Employee Retaliation Rights  Editor's note: This is the fifth NH Bar News "debate" between employment lawyers Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Bar News - November 9, 2007. Snelling v. City of Claremont:  Supreme Court Analyzes First Amendment Claim 
 Editor’s note: This is the fourth NH Bar News “debate” between employment lawyers Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate). The topic is the New Hampshire Supreme Court decision in Snelling v. City of Claremont, issued July 18, 2007, and affirmed, upon reconsideration, on September 10, 2007.

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Bar News - July 20, 2007. Employment Law: Two Views: The Death of the “Paycheck Rule” – Ledbetter v. ... Third Bar News “debate” between employment lawyers Nancy Richards-Stower (employee advocate) and Debra Weiss Ford (employer advocate).

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Bar News - January 5, 2007. Employment Law: Two Views: Constructive Wrongful Termination; the second debate— Lacasse v. Spaulding Youth Center By: Nancy Richards-Stower and Debra Weiss Ford ...

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Employment Law Retaliation Under Title VII - NHBA - Bar News Issue

Bar News - August 11, 2006. Employment Law Retaliation Under Title VII: Two Viewpoints By: Nancy Richards-Stower and Debra Weiss Ford ...

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NHBA - Bar News Issue Bar News - July 7, 2006

Employment Law: Garcetti et al v. Ceballos: An Employee Advocate’s Perspective
Less Protection for Government Whistleblowers

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Articles About Nancy's work , which quote Nancy or cases in which she served as counsel or N.H. Supreme Court amicus brief co-author






Keep smoking or keep my job?
Michigan employer's total ban on smoking hits nerve
By Kristen Gerencher, MarketWatch

www.marketwatch.com/news/story/employers-total-smoking-ban-raises/story.aspx?guid=%7B1D53E5CE%2D894E%2D4DB8%2DBB29%2DF48D9CB09DC6%7D



Teates v. Bournival

On May 30, 1997, complainant's attorney, Nancy Richards-Stower, Esquire, submitted the requested information to the Commission. Attorney Richards-Slower ...

http://www.nh.gov/hrc/decisions/teates.html




Michael Porter v. City of Manchester & a.
NOTICE: This opinion is subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports.

www.nh.gov/judiciary/supreme/opinions/2004/porte064.htm
www.nh.gov/hrc/decisions/teates.html











 
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