June 06, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a hotly anticipated ruling that could amplify scrutiny on workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs by knocking down a legal hurdle faced by plaintiffs in majority groups, and Indiana and Texas each took steps to call out the use of DEI programs in academic settings. Here, Law360 looks at DEI-related legal developments from the past week that employment attorneys should know.
June 05, 2025
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday vacated the Sixth Circuit's ruling that plaintiffs claiming anti-heterosexual workplace discrimination need to provide extra "background circumstances" evidence, opining that it improperly imposed special standards on majority-group plaintiffs.
February 26, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court hinted Wednesday that it will find heterosexual bias claims should not be held to a stricter burden of proof when it decides if an Ohio agent discriminated against a worker because she's straight, with Justice Samuel Alito noting "radical agreement" among the parties that the Sixth Circuit held her to a higher standard than other Title VII plaintiffs.
February 25, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case Wednesday that will likely help set the stage for a "perfect storm" of litigation if the justices decide to ease the path for plaintiffs from majority groups, at a time when workplace diversity programs are already taking fire from the Trump administration.
February 21, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to debate whether majority-group plaintiffs should be held to higher evidentiary standards when bringing workplace discrimination claims and whether prisoners are entitled to jury trials when questions about pre-suit requirements are intertwined with the merits of their claims.
December 20, 2024
The federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a heterosexual Ohio state employee's lawsuit claiming supervisors' bias toward LGBTQ workers cost her a promotion, saying the Sixth Circuit erred in holding she needed to show a pattern of prejudice against straight people to support her case.
October 04, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review a discrimination lawsuit by a former Ohio Department of Youth Services worker claiming she was denied a promotion and then demoted for being heterosexual while LGBTQ candidates were advanced.