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Section 7 - Professional Activities (Part A - IEEE Policies)

 

7.17   Amicus Curiae Briefs Concerning Age Discrimination 

  1. The Board of Directors may authorize filing an amicus curiae brief in any court in the United States, or in cooperation with cognizant national societies in other countries, subject to the provisions of Policy Statement 7.12, where a member of the profession is involved in litigation concerning age discrimination.  Such brief may be authorized when such litigation involves both an unresolved issue of law and a basic issue of age discrimination affecting the profession and membership in general.  A person requesting IEEE to file such a brief has the responsibility of demonstrating that the litigation in questions of the type described in the preceding sentence.  It is IEEE policy that the IEEE will not, as to disputed facts, intervene or take an adversary position on behalf of or against any member involved in a matter of age discrimination.

  2. The Board of Directors may publicize actions described in paragraph A above in any fashion deemed suitable and appropriate.

 


 Section 7 - Professional Activities   Part B - IEEE-USA Policies
 7.100  Registration of U.S. Employees
 7.200 Congressional Fellows Program
 7.300  IEEE-USA Publications




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