A split Second Circuit panel sided Monday with UBS in a whistleblower case that a fired worker managed to get the U.S. Supreme Court to revive, ruling that the jury instructions that preceded the worker's trial court win were too unclear to let his victory stand.
The Sixth Circuit zeroed in on nuances Thursday in a case brought by a physician's assistant who said she was unlawfully fired for refusing to use transgender and nonbinary patients' preferred pronouns, delving into various legal theories that might warrant keeping her religious bias suit out of arbitration.
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday put on hold the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" program for federal employees, delaying the deadline for workers to accept the offer until Monday while the court weighs the legality of the move.
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A split Second Circuit panel sided Monday with UBS in a whistleblower case that a fired worker managed to get the U.S. Supreme Court to revive, ruling that the jury instructions that preceded the worker's trial court win were too unclear to let his victory stand.
The Sixth Circuit zeroed in on nuances Thursday in a case brought by a physician's assistant who said she was unlawfully fired for refusing to use transgender and nonbinary patients' preferred pronouns, delving into various legal theories that might warrant keeping her religious bias suit out of arbitration.
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday put on hold the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" program for federal employees, delaying the deadline for workers to accept the offer until Monday while the court weighs the legality of the move.
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February 11, 2025
A California judge ordered Ye on Tuesday to sit for a deposition in a lawsuit from a former security guard at the embattled rapper's Donda Academy and sanctioned him $500 for skipping a deposition, while also scolding Ye's counsel about the attorney's apparently difficult "history" before his court.
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February 11, 2025
The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a Texas school district's defeat of a former warehouse supervisor's lawsuit alleging his manager's constant oversharing about her sex life created a hostile work environment, saying he hadn't furnished enough detail to keep his case in court.
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February 11, 2025
The University of Scranton failed to accommodate a police sergeant with renal cancer and eventually fired him after he fell asleep briefly during a period in which he was undergoing treatments, according to a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania federal court.
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February 11, 2025
A trial court rightly dismissed the suit of a woman who alleged she was racially targeted and fired from her job at a Hyundai plant due to a discriminatory policy prohibiting dreadlocks, Hyundai told the Eleventh Circuit, urging the court not to revive the suit.
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February 11, 2025
Citibank passed a Black vice president over for a higher role, excessively criticized her work and paid her less than white male colleagues because of her race and her requests to accommodate her diabetes, a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Florida federal court said.
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February 11, 2025
EDITING--Michigan State University has told a federal judge it's time to permanently toss its former football coach's wrongful termination suit, saying Mel Tucker has repeatedly failed to plausibly allege that his firing was motivated by money, race or university leaders' self-interest.
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February 11, 2025
The former co-president of Marvel Entertainment has filed a discrimination lawsuit in California state court alleging he was passed over for a promotion to lead the consumer products division of parent company Disney because he is an "old white guy."
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February 11, 2025
The Fifth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a Black former UPS worker's suit claiming she was retaliated against and fired for complaining that managers sexually harassed and mistreated her because of her race, finding she lacked proof that discrimination was at play.
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February 11, 2025
A General Dynamics subsidiary and submarine manufacturer was unjustified in its firing of a former employee who suffered from long COVID, according to a lawsuit the company removed to Connecticut federal court.
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February 11, 2025
Starbucks puts illegal quotas in place to hire and promote more women and people of color and offers incentives to executives to meet these goals by connecting the quotas to their bonuses, the Missouri attorney general told a federal court Tuesday.
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February 11, 2025
The city of Seattle defeated a former employee's lawsuit claiming the municipality's diversity, equity and inclusion programs discriminated against him as a white man, with a Washington federal judge ruling he failed to show that the city created an adversarial work environment for white people.
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February 11, 2025
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday narrowed a proposed class action from a group of Black, female journalists claiming The Chicago Tribune and its hedge fund owner paid them less than their white, male counterparts, ruling they failed to show they performed the same work for less pay.
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February 10, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge has declined to throw out a $1.6 million arbitration award granted to a former Morgan Stanley employee who claimed he was wrongfully terminated, after the bank alleged the chosen arbitrator was biased against it because of a prior lawsuit and had fallen asleep while evidence was being presented.
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February 10, 2025
A Kansas federal judge declined Monday to let Chipotle immediately appeal her decision not to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the restaurant ignored a supervisor's harassment of a Muslim worker, saying that getting the Tenth Circuit's view now wouldn't substantially advance the case.
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February 10, 2025
A U.S. magistrate judge has recommended granting the first green light to a $20 million settlement that will resolve discrimination and retaliation claims launched against Merrill Lynch by a proposed class of nearly 1,400 Black financial advisers who claimed they received less pay and promotions compared to their white counterparts.
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February 10, 2025
A New York City elevator mechanic sued his former employer in New York federal court, claiming the company retaliated against him when he raised workplace safety concerns, fired him when he said he intended to take paternity leave, and pressured employees to work through lunch without pay.
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February 10, 2025
The lawsuit accusing Fox Sports executives and on-air hosts of sexual harassment and creating a toxic workplace environment has been moved from California state court to federal court, where the two sides were told to attempt alternative dispute resolution.
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February 10, 2025
A Connecticut judge on Monday appeared skeptical of a celebrity doctor's bid to end an information request by a woman separately accusing World Wrestling Entertainment and its founder Vince McMahon of sex trafficking, hinting that the doctor probably cannot raise potential federal litigation as a shield against a state trial court discovery probe.
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February 10, 2025
A Black U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission attorney sued the agency in Texas federal court, alleging that she was passed over for promotions and a senior leader training program after requesting a disability accommodation and calling out a colleague for "white privilege."
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February 10, 2025
A New York federal judge has recommended dismissing a race discrimination claim brought by an ex-general counsel for The Palm steakhouse chain's owner while allowing her retaliation and breach of contract claims to proceed to arbitration, concluding that the company's onetime top lawyer had not shown the restaurant had "discriminatory intent."
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February 10, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Friday to delay the upcoming trial in a lawsuit filed by a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who sued the agency for racial and age discrimination, despite a letter to the court saying that the parties are making progress toward a settlement.
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February 10, 2025
A California federal judge refused to force X to arbitrate several former workers' claims that they say should have already proceeded through arbitration but for the social media company's unlawful dragging of its feet, saying none of the parties can arbitrate their disputes in his district.
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February 10, 2025
Conservative advocacy groups urged the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday to scrutinize the American Bar Association's diversity and internship programs, claiming the organization is committing unlawful discrimination in the name of diversity.
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February 07, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Friday approved $2.7 million in fees for attorneys representing a class of women accusing the Federal Bureau of Investigation of holding them to sexist double standards, part of a $22.6 million settlement resolving the lawsuit.
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February 07, 2025
California's Civil Rights Council voted Friday to approve a few key changes to proposed rules governing the use of artificial intelligence tools in employment and released the draft for public comment, seemingly slashing potential liability for the tools' developers and removing a controversial definition of "adverse impact."