December 16, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court said a public high school football coach could pray on the field after games, the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed to a $24 million settlement with female players, and Google said it would pay $118 million to wrap up a pay equity battle of its own. Here, Law360 reviews four blockbuster developments in discrimination cases in 2022.
February 23, 2022
A settlement agreement the women’s national soccer team cut means the Ninth Circuit won’t weigh in on the metric for determining pay bias under the Equal Pay Act, an issue the Fourth Circuit recently took up that's leaving workers and employers without additional guidance. Here, Law360 looks at this metric issue in light of the deal.
February 22, 2022
The U.S. Soccer Federation's $24 million settlement to end pay discrimination claims brought by women's national team players sends the hard-fought case into a new collective-bargaining phase that will help determine if the sport can truly achieve pay equity — and whether the dispute will have the lasting impact many have hoped.
February 22, 2022
The U.S. Soccer Federation and women's national team players have reached a $24 million settlement to end the high-profile equal pay and pay discrimination litigation just weeks before the Ninth Circuit was set to hear the case, the sides announced Tuesday.
February 03, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday asked the Ninth Circuit to allow the agency to participate during the oral arguments in the U.S. Women's National Team's pay discrimination appeal against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
January 03, 2022
Attorneys watching litigation in the Golden State expect white-collar prosecutions to jump in 2022, and they're keeping a close eye on landmark cases playing out in appellate courts, including the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's pay equity fight and multiple high-stakes insurance disputes. Here's a look at some major legal fights attorneys in California and beyond will be following closely this year.
December 13, 2021
The U.S. Soccer Federation and the union for the U.S. women's national team said Monday that they had reached an agreement to avert a strike until April as the sides negotiate a new labor agreement amid an appeal by the players asking the Ninth Circuit to revive their equal pay claims.
December 10, 2021
The U.S. Soccer Federation said Thursday that a recent Equal Pay Act decision out of the Fourth Circuit has no bearing on the U.S. Women's National Team's closely watched Ninth Circuit appeal, arguing the two cases deal with totally different compensation structures.
September 23, 2021
The U.S. Soccer Federation fired back at arguments by the U.S. Women's National Team in its appeal of an equal pay lawsuit, saying in a brief filed in the Ninth Circuit that the women had negotiated compensation through their union with different priorities than their male counterparts.
July 30, 2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the union representing U.S. Men's National Team soccer players urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to overturn a ruling that axed a high-profile equal pay lawsuit from members of the U.S. Women's National Team.