Equal Employment Advisory Council (EEAC)
Amicus Curiae
Rae T. Vann, Counsel of Record The Equal Employment Advisory Council is an association that represents the interests of approximately 300 major U.S. corporations in the area of workplace discrimination law. Rae T. Vann is general counsel of the EEAC. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 27, 2011. This Court has indicated that granting class certification status under Rule 23(b)(2) where monetary damages are sought raises constitutional and due process concerns, strongly suggesting that a “substantial possibility” exists that certification of such claims is…