Executive Summary -

In January, the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision that likely will impact employers’ litigation strategies in discrimination cases. In Tynes v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the court reiterated that the framework set out by the U.S. Supreme Court in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green is an evidentiary framework, not a standard of liability. Thus, employees in employment discrimination cases may still be able to prove discrimination even if they cannot satisfy this framework.