October 05, 2026
The former information governance and strategy director at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was cleared to move ahead with his federal suit alleging he was marginalized and pushed out by the agency's internal and external rollback of LGBTQ+ protections.
October 02, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a motion to dismiss a hostile work environment suit by a former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission career official. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
August 14, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a California judge to toss a transgender former agency director's suit claiming the EEOC's reduction of LGBTQ protections caused him so much distress he was forced to quit, arguing his suit pushes only general grievances about presidential policy.
April 23, 2026
A former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission director sued the agency in California federal court Thursday, alleging it forced him, a queer and transgender man, to participate in the "erasure" of LGBTQ+ individuals, a move his attorney called "ironic" for the agency tasked with upholding antidiscrimination laws.