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February 24, 2026
A Michigan federal jury said a nonprofit that assists Arab immigrants should pay a Muslim teacher $1.8 million for illegally firing her because she refused to remove a religious veil during classes, finding the employer failed to accommodate her religious beliefs.
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February 24, 2026
The Fourth Circuit has affirmed a judgment in favor of a North Carolina IHOP franchisee in a former server's suit alleging sexual harassment, retaliation and minimum wage infractions, holding that her federal wage claim was time-barred and that she failed to show her firing for attendance violations was a pretext for discrimination.
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February 24, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge refused to greenlight a $270,000 settlement that would end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing PepsiCo of unlawfully firing a blind employee, saying parts of the agreement are beyond the scope of the case.
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February 24, 2026
A worker will have to arbitrate his claims that Tesla harassed him into resigning for complaining about alleged racial discrimination at the electric vehicle maker's Fremont, California, factory, a federal judge ruled, rejecting his argument that an arbitration pact he signed wasn't enforceable.
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February 23, 2026
New Jersey's acting attorney general told a state judge Friday that Ironworkers Local 11's bid to inject a new federal ruling into a discrimination case falls flat, arguing in a letter that the union's reliance on the decision misfires because the opinion doesn't address state law discrimination or alter the analysis set forth by applicable U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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February 23, 2026
A biologist has asked a Florida federal court to restore her state agency position after she was fired for sharing a post making fun of Charlie Kirk on social media, arguing the First Amendment allows free speech on public topics that have nothing to do with her job.
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February 23, 2026
A recent appellate ruling making it tougher for workers to sue employers over alleged harassment by third parties threatens to undermine the goals of federal anti-bias law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Third Circuit, backing a suit against the University of Pennsylvania.
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February 23, 2026
Frank Pepe's, a Connecticut-based pizza chain, has settled a federal lawsuit brought by its former director of operations for allegedly firing him because he is a middle-aged white man, court records show.
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February 23, 2026
The attorney representing an Arab American worker in a civil rights retaliation suit against an engineering firm had legitimate grounds for opposing the firm's motion for an early win, the Fourth Circuit has determined, scrapping a $57,015 sanction a federal district judge imposed for allegedly dragging out the case.
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February 23, 2026
A New Jersey woman who claimed she was fired by Centerview Partners after disclosing she needed consistent sleep to manage a health disorder settled her case against the investment bank ahead of a jury trial in New York federal court, the bank said Monday.
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February 23, 2026
A former employee of Stone Hilton PLLC has asked a Texas federal court to revisit a decision to quash a subpoena for information from Sen. Ted Cruz, saying a 2019 memo received two days after the ruling establishes that a claim of harassment was made against firm partner Judd Stone shortly before he quit working for the senator.
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February 23, 2026
Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP has hired the former leader of Quarles & Brady LLP's Washington, D.C., labor and employment group as a partner who will work on defamation cases, class action matters and more, according to an announcement on Monday.
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February 23, 2026
An Oklahoma federal judge declined to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the owner of a sunroom company sexually harassed female employees, calling the company's attacks on the veracity of the EEOC's allegations premature.
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February 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a D.C. Circuit decision that scuttled a disability bias lawsuit from a U.S. Department of Defense intelligence analyst who claimed he was unlawfully reassigned after failing a series of polygraph tests.
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February 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive an Air Force lieutenant's bid for back pay after he refused to follow the service's now-overturned COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds, after the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of his case.
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February 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to consider reviving a doctor's retaliation suit claiming a New York City-area hospital system forced his exit for raising patient safety concerns, despite his argument that the healthcare provider had withheld an email that supported his case.
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February 20, 2026
A California federal judge sent most of a former Matterport executive's harassment and retaliation suit to arbitration, amid a suit that has prompted CoStar's efforts to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP counsel in separate litigation.
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February 20, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has struck a $150,000 deal with a Raleigh, North Carolina, healthcare provider it accused of illegally firing a remote Christian employee who refused COVID-19 vaccination on religious grounds.
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February 20, 2026
Employees in New York City will get an extra, unpaid 32 hours of sick and safe leave every year under an expansion of a city leave law in effect as of Feb. 22.
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February 20, 2026
A recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming that a Coca-Cola distributor violated federal law by holding a women-only corporate event sheds light on the agency's strategy for challenging workplace diversity initiatives, and suggests that a broad range of employer programs are under scrutiny, experts said.
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February 20, 2026
A Texas federal court approved a $376,000 arbitration award for a former community center accounting employee who alleged she was belittled by a supervisor and denied telework as a temporary accommodation following childbirth.
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February 20, 2026
This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether a trial court properly approved opt-in notices for potential members of a federal wage and hour collective action who worked outside the state where the suit was brought.
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February 20, 2026
The suspension of Diversity Lab's Mansfield Certification program is the latest indication that political threats against BigLaw are working, as the Trump administration targets DEI programs, observers say. Still, some supporters of legal industry diversity initiatives predict law firms will continue to pursue inclusive hiring practices — even if they don't talk about it publicly.
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February 20, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge on Friday threw out a suit alleging that GardaWorld Cash Service violated federal employment law with surcharges on its employee health plan for those who use tobacco or refused COVID-19 vaccination after finding that the two named plaintiffs did not participate in the health plan.
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February 20, 2026
A former California Superior Court judge facing five criminal counts alleging he sexually assaulted a court staffer and later lied to investigators in an attempt to cover up the encounter and another alleged assault is pushing for a full dismissal of charges.