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August 22, 2025
The Trump administration announced Friday its intention to appeal a June ruling that struck down as unconstitutional an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey LLP, after the court said the order was issued in retaliation for its representation of clients and causes the president opposes.
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August 22, 2025
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday that it asked a New Mexico federal judge to enforce subpoenas seeking testimony from school administrators in a workplace investigation into Native American bias, after the district balked at the probe and called it a "fishing expedition."
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August 22, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a hearing on whether a trial in a WARN Act suit against X Corp. Inc. will be by jury or by court. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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August 22, 2025
A former California Superior Court judge has been charged with sexually assaulting a court employee and seeking to cover up that purported incident and another alleged assault, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
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August 22, 2025
This week, a New York federal judge will consider competing motions for wins before trial in a suit brought by a former police officer for a New York town who claims it has violated a settlement agreement and discriminated against him on the basis of race. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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August 21, 2025
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Thursday sent back a dispute to a lower court over a fired county employee's whistleblower allegation tied to her reporting that a union representative secretly taped meetings, determining the union official acted as a county employee when she made the recordings.
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August 21, 2025
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday told a lower court to reassess a fired USPS employee's medical leave suit alleging the agency illegally faulted him for sickle cell anemia-related absences, saying the trial judge erred by using a doctor's estimate to cap his time off.
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August 21, 2025
The Ninth Circuit appeared hesitant Thursday to approve an approximately $600,000 attorney fee award in a city police officer's retaliation case, with one judge suggesting that the gap between fees and a low five-figure damages award the officer received "almost shocks the conscience."
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August 21, 2025
A pro-Israel foundation has demanded a Georgia federal court sanction a Palestinian-American former Emory University professor who said the foundation was complicit in her ouster from the school, arguing the professor and her attorney have baselessly blamed "an imaginary Jewish conspiracy" for her firing.
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August 21, 2025
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday refused to pause a preliminary injunction requiring three federal agencies to reinstate research grants terminated following two of President Donald Trump's executive orders seeking to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion, saying the terminations likely aimed to suppress speech favorable of DEI and environmental justice.
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August 21, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted American Airlines' bid to revoke class certification in a suit alleging the airline unlawfully denied pilots pay and profit-sharing credit for time spent on military leave, agreeing the case raises too many individual questions.
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August 21, 2025
The Eleventh Circuit ruled Thursday that a fired Black worker can't revive her race and disability bias suit against a Georgia health system, saying her failure to provide a proposed date to return from medical time off amounted to an unreasonable request for indefinite leave.
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August 21, 2025
A partial win for the NBA earlier this week on a New York federal discrimination lawsuit tied to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate prompted the organization to write a letter to a different judge urging him to consider the ruling on its similar case in the same court.
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August 21, 2025
Despite appellate courts' apparent willingness to allow states to ban gender-affirming care for minors, employers are still waiting for clarity on whether federal anti-discrimination laws require health plans to cover transgender healthcare access, experts say.
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August 21, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge refused to throw out a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a janitorial company targeted Hispanic employees in a round of layoffs, saying a jury should weigh the company's argument that workers with the least seniority and qualifications got the boot.
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August 20, 2025
A dance researcher filed suit in California state court, accusing the University of California, Berkeley of rejecting her application to return as a visiting professor solely because she is Israeli.
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August 20, 2025
The Fifth Circuit recently struck down an injunction that barred the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against Texas, in a legal battle experts say could be destined for the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are three things to know following the appeals court's ruling.
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August 20, 2025
CrossCountry Mortgage LLC and a branch manager have reached a settlement with a former employee in a sexual harassment and retaliation suit, the parties recently announced.
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August 20, 2025
The Fourth Circuit reinstated a state law whistleblower claim Wednesday from a firefighter for a Virginia city who said she was unfairly demoted after being accused of making an offensive comment about a gay coworker, but backed the dismissal of her federal sex bias and retaliation claims.
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August 20, 2025
After the parties reported a settlement in principle, a Connecticut federal judge has agreed to dismiss claims that a Greenwich hair salon underpaid an employee's wages, failed to pay overtime and discriminated against the worker because she is from Poland.
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August 20, 2025
Microsoft removed a federal contract manager in Germany and later fired her after she pursued disability and retaliation claims, even as the U.S. Army expanded its contract with the company and praised her work, according to a complaint filed in Washington federal court.
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August 20, 2025
Midwest gas and convenience store chain Kwik Trip has agreed to pay $35,000 after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found reasonable cause to believe it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by bungling a kitchen worker's request for an accommodation.
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August 20, 2025
A Connecticut federal judge said a former Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals LLC vice president must arbitrate his sex bias suit claiming his female boss mistreated him and gave him a low performance rating because he is a man, ruling his case isn't covered by a law barring sex misconduct claims from out-of-court resolutions.
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August 20, 2025
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday revived a hospice worker's disability discrimination suit, ruling that her claims are not time-barred because the Florida Commission on Human Relations has not yet officially given her notice about her claim that would conclude the administrative process.
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August 20, 2025
The former president and CEO of a Colorado nonprofit has accused a Denver-based attorney and board member of discrimination and defamation over his 2024 firing.