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April 20, 2026
Illinois Supreme Court justices have no authority to remove a state judge from the bench for alleged misconduct, so their effort to dismiss a retired state trial judge's claims that his removal for penning a political opinion column violated his constitutional rights should be rejected, the retired jurist has said.
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April 20, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge rejected on Monday a former state jurist's bid to revive civil rights claims against a Garden State municipality and its former police director, finding the plaintiff failed to show any new evidence, change in law or clear error justifying reconsideration of the court's summary judgment.
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April 20, 2026
The owners of a fine dining restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will pay $15,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the general manager consistently sexually harassed a server and fired her for rejecting his advances.
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April 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review the dismissal of a veteran's lawsuit alleging he was let go by an aviation training provider because of his post-traumatic stress disorder and other service-related disabilities, despite his assertion that the decision against him contributed to a circuit split.
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April 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case that hinged on the standard used by courts to assess whether employers are liable for sexual harassment perpetrated against workers by customers or clients.
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April 17, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel has reinstated a psychiatrist's claims that PeaceHealth Inc. retaliated against him for expressing concerns about potential Medicaid fraud at a Washington hospital, concluding on Friday that the district court overlooked evidence that the employer punished him by not renewing his employment contract.
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April 17, 2026
Eight states have asked a Massachusetts federal judge to restore $160 million to federal programs providing professional development to new teachers cut by the U.S. Department of Education last year, which the states said were unlawfully targeted by the Trump administration as diversity initiatives.
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April 17, 2026
Proposed legislation to solidify the use of disparate impact to combat workplace bias and to ensure that workers receive reasonable menopause-related accommodations are percolating in multiple progressive state legislatures. Here, Law360 offers a biweekly look at pending state bills that discrimination attorneys should keep on their radar.
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April 17, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed in a now-settled case relating to a vacated arbitral award favoring a former water treatment company director, which sought clarity from the justices on whether courts can second-guess the content of arbitral pleadings and filings.
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April 17, 2026
A software engineer for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has alleged the microchip-maker systematically discriminates against women by hiring them less frequently than men, underpaying women and fostering a "sexually-charged environment" rife with innuendo and harassment.
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April 17, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit upheld the dismissal Friday of a Black Alabama school district worker's suit claiming she was transferred to a different job out of racial discrimination, ruling her employer showed the decision was based on her concerns about her workload, not her race.
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April 17, 2026
A Baltimore-area hospital can't defeat a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it unlawfully rescinded a nurse's job offer because she's deaf, with a Maryland federal judge saying a jury needs to weigh whether the medical center made an adequate attempt to accommodate her.
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April 17, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission argued in a federal court filing Friday that allowing the University of Pennsylvania to freeze the agency's subpoena for information on the school's Jewish employees would undercut its investigation into antisemitism on campus.
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April 17, 2026
A federal judge threw out most of a former Pennsylvania State University trustee's lawsuit against the university and its board Friday, but let his First Amendment claims continue so that the court could consider whether he was acting as a public employee, a private citizen or an elected official.
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April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's nominee for general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has represented some of the largest oil producers and service providers in North America, including Chevron, according to a new financial disclosure report obtained by Law360 Friday.
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April 17, 2026
The Third Circuit backed the dismissal of a Zales consultant's bias suit claiming she was fired from the jewelry chain for complaining that her colleagues commented negatively about her age, ruling she couldn't overcome evidence that concerns about her performance actually drove her termination.
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April 17, 2026
In the next week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a discrimination case against Tesla Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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April 17, 2026
A Maryland federal jury sided with the state's Motor Vehicle Administration in a Black former bus inspector's suit claiming she was fired for complaining that a supervisor refused to address colleagues' and bus operators' racist behavior, finding she hadn't established that her complaint prompted her termination.
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April 17, 2026
In the week ahead, a federal judge will consider New York City's request to dismiss Uber and DoorDash's challenge to a pair of city laws that regulate how food delivery platforms display tipping options.
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April 17, 2026
The University of Tennessee will pay more than $30,000 in back wages after an investigation found it forced an auditor to resign while the worker was on protected medical leave, the U.S. Department of Labor said.
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April 16, 2026
A Colorado federal judge upheld a jury's verdict and $11.5 million award to a former employee of a global human resources association in her discrimination lawsuit against her past employer, rejecting the association's bid for a new trial.
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April 16, 2026
The Ninth Circuit found Thursday that it was fair game for a jury to consider whether a nuclear facility manager illegally fired a security officer due to his prescription opioid use, ruling the revocation of his fitness-for-duty certification didn't amount to a security clearance decision blocked from judicial review.
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April 16, 2026
A Florida state appellate panel on Wednesday barred a woman from pursuing sexual discrimination allegations against her former employer in court, saying she agreed to arbitrate her claims in a settlement that followed her initial U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge.
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April 16, 2026
The Trump administration won't be able to enforce two executive orders that ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19 while the federal government appeals a nationwide injunction blocking the orders, the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday.
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April 16, 2026
A former Charlotte public housing authority coordinator awarded $2.34 million for her hostile work environment claims, has opted not to pursue punitive damages against her ex-supervisor, who was found liable for only $1 in compensatory damages.