January 22, 2026
The Tenth Circuit wrestled Thursday with whether to revive a white former corrections officer's twice-dismissed suit accusing the Colorado Department of Corrections of creating a racially hostile environment through diversity training, with one judge questioning the impact of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that favored majority group plaintiffs.
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.