June 08, 2026
The Ninth Circuit appeared willing Monday to revive a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability bias suit accusing a company of spurning an applicant who took prescribed pain medication, with one judge saying the trial court had a muddled view of the evidence.
May 29, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will head to the Fifth Circuit to defend its trial win in a harassment lawsuit against an airline, and then appear before the Ninth Circuit to argue for the reinstatement of a disability discrimination suit against a financial services company. Here's a look at a quartet of oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in June.
March 13, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lodged two opening appellate briefs Thursday, seeking reinstatement of a sexual harassment suit brought on behalf of teenage Chili's workers and a disability discrimination case alleging that long COVID symptoms cost a worker her job. Here, Law360 looks at these and three other cases that the anti-discrimination watchdog wants appeals courts to revive.