Sandra published:

• Torts and Civil Rights Law: Migration and Conflict: Symposium Introduction, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1021 (2014) (with Martha Chamallas).

Her article, Retaliation and the Reasonable Person, will be published in the Florida Law Review.

The Supreme Court of Hawaii cited Professor Sperino’s article, Beyond McDonnell Douglas, 34 Berkeley J. Emp. & Lab. L. 257 (2013), in its decision in Adams v. CDM Media USA, Inc., 2015 WL 769745, No. SCWC-12-00000741 (Hawaii Feb. 24, 2015) (discussing how to use the McDonnell Douglas test in the context of state law).

Several of Sandra’s books and articles were cited:

• Recreating Diversity in Employment Law by Debunking the Myth of the McDonnell Douglas Monolith, 44 Hous. L. Rev. 349 (2007), in William R. Corbett, What is Troubling About the Tortification of Employment Discrimination Law?, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1027 (2014).
• Diminishing Deference: Learning Lessons from Recent Congressional Rejection of the Supreme Court’s Interpretation of Discrimination Statutes, 33 Rutgers L. Rec. 40 (2009), in Catherine Savio, Note, Retaliation for Victimless Discrimination: New Jersey Dramatically Expands the Scope of Protected Conduct, 39 Seton Hall Legis. J. 125 (2015).
• A Modern Theory of Direct Corporate Liability for Title VII, 61 Ala. L. Rev. 773 (2010), in Martha Chamallas, Two Very Different Stories: Vicarious Liability Under Tort and Title VII Law, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1315 (2014).
• Rethinking Discrimination Law, 110 Mich. L. Rev. 69 (2011), in Catherine E. Smith, Looking to Torts: Exploring the Risks of Workplace Discrimination, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1207 (2014).
• Discrimination Statutes, the Common Law, and Proximate Cause, 2013 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1 (2013), in Deborah L. Brake, Tortifying Retaliation: Protected Activity at the Intersection of Fault, Duty, and Causation, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1375 (2014); W. Jonathan Cardi, The Role of Negligence Duty Analysis in Employment Discrimination Cases, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1129 (2014); William R. Corbett, What is Troubling About the Tortification of Employment Discrimination Law?, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1027 (2014); Catherine E. Smith, Looking to Torts: Exploring the Risks of Workplace Discrimination, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1207 (2014); Charles A. Sullivan, Is There a Madness to the Method?: Torts and Other Influences on Employment Discrimination Law, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1079 (2014); Maria L. Ontiveros, The Fundamental Nature of Title VII, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1165 (2014).
• Statutory Proximate Cause, 88 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1199 (2013), in Deborah L. Brake, Tortifying Retaliation: Protected Activity at the Intersection of Fault, Duty, and Causation, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1375 (2014); Maria L. Ontiveros, The Fundamental Nature of Title VII, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1165 (2014).
• Let’s Pretend Title VII Is a Tort, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1107 (2014), in Maria L. Ontiveros, The Fundamental Nature of Title VII, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1165 (2014).
• The Tort Label, 66 Fla. L. Rev. 1051 (2014), in William R. Corbett, What is Troubling About the Tortification of Employment Discrimination Law?, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1027 (2014); Charles A. Sullivan, Is There a Madness to the Method?: Torts and Other Influences on Employment Discrimination Law, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1079 (2014); Maria L. Ontiveros, The Fundamental Nature of Title VII, 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1165 (2014).

She continues to blog about recent developments in discrimination law, including the courts’ understanding of causation, at her blog, Friend of the Court.