September 28, 2026
The Ninth Circuit reinstated Monday a white worker's claims that the City of Seattle subjected him to harassment by pushing race bias trainings that caused his colleagues to villainize white people, ruling that negative comments he received about his race were enough to keep the case in court.
April 23, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel appeared receptive Thursday to reopening a former Seattle employee's suit alleging that the city's workplace diversity program was discriminatory, but strongly pushed back against the federal government's contention that he was improperly held to a higher legal bar because he is white.
April 03, 2026
The Ninth Circuit will hear arguments in a stack of employment discrimination cases this month, including disputes addressing vaccine mandates, arbitration rules and workplace diversity programs, while the Second Circuit will tackle a high-profile sexual assault case against Fox News. Here, Law360 looks at five oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in April.
October 27, 2025
The Washington state attorney general joined several voices urging the Ninth Circuit to back Seattle's defeat of a white former employee's lawsuit challenging the city's diversity, equity and inclusion programs, arguing that thoughtful diversity initiatives "uplift," rather than violate, the law.