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e[dis]Harmony or eDiscrimination?

By Richard Binder

Online dating services are under scrutiny of late for alleged discriminatory practices.  The California company eHarmony, Inc., settled today with the New Jersey Attorney General's Office over a claim that the dating service violated the state?s Law Against Discrimination by not offering a same-sex matching service. Consequently, eHarmony next year will launch a same sex matching service called Compatible Partners, which will be marketed in gay and lesbian media outlets.  Details can be found on the WSJ Law Blog here.

Also, yesterday a decision was handed down by the Fourth District that defined standing to sue for violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995 regarding Surrey v. Truebeginnings, analyzed by H. Scott Leviant at The Complex Litigator and summed up thusly: "If there is an industry where caveat emptor applies, online dating is it."

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).