January 14, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission faced an uphill battle at the Eighth Circuit Wednesday as it sought a new trial in a suit accusing a chemical company of failing to stop a Black employee from being harassed, with one judge suggesting the agency's challenge to jury instructions is off-base.
January 06, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will call on the Eighth Circuit to reopen a harassment case one day before seeking the Second Circuit's help to wind down a longstanding race discrimination suit, while the Tenth Circuit will revisit a hot-button legal battle over diversity training. Here, Law360 looks at five oral arguments discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in January.