THE REAL IMPACT OF EEOC V. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH STORES, INC.: Inside“Look Policies”—Effective Business Strategies or Legal Liabilities?

By Alix Valenti & Vanessa L. Johnson

Originally published in the May 2017 edition of Corporate Counsel Review.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

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Vanessa L. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Houston – Clear Lake’s College of Business. Vanessa earned a Master of Laws in Health Law, a Master of Laws in Tax Law, and Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center. She is also a Master of Business Administration graduate of New York University’s Stern School of Business, and she earned a Bachelor of Science in Management from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business.

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Alix Valenti is Professor of Legal Studies and Management at the University of Houston—Clear Lake’s College of Business. She has a JD from St. John’s University School of Law, an LLM from New York University School of Law, and a Ph.D in Management from The University of Texas at Dallas.  Dr. Valenti was a senior consultant with a global human resource consulting firm specializing in employee benefits and executive compensation, and practiced law in areas of tax, estate planning, commercial, and employment law.

A licensed attorney and former human resources professional, Vanessa's diversity experience and interests have included participating as a Consortium for the Graduate Study of Management Fellow and a Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Fellow, teaching a Diversity Management course at the University of Houston – Downtown’s School of Business, and publishing articles about diversity and inclusion legal issues.

A native of the Houston metropolitan area, Vanessa is also a graduate of Leadership Houston’s Class XXIX and the United Way of Greater Houston’s Project Blueprint Class XXVII and has served on the Boards of Builders of Hope CDC, Avenue CDC, Fifth Ward Enrichment Program, the Bridge Builder Charity Foundation, and the Diversity Research Institute Journal.