The Fourth Circuit revived a Social Security Administration worker's disability bias suit claiming she was moved to a less desirable role after asking to telework, ruling Thursday that change was enough to keep the case alive under the U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 Muldrow decision.
A Christian firefighter in Arkansas who was fired after he posted an anti-abortion image on Facebook can ask jurors to consider whether he was unconstitutionally punished for his speech, the Eighth Circuit ruled Wednesday, wiping out his former employer's trial court win.
Midwest healthcare system Mercyhealth said Wednesday it has agreed to pay over $1 million to quell a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into claims that it discriminated against workers' religious beliefs by firing them for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The Fourth Circuit revived a Social Security Administration worker's disability bias suit claiming she was moved to a less desirable role after asking to telework, ruling Thursday that change was enough to keep the case alive under the U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 Muldrow decision.
A Christian firefighter in Arkansas who was fired after he posted an anti-abortion image on Facebook can ask jurors to consider whether he was unconstitutionally punished for his speech, the Eighth Circuit ruled Wednesday, wiping out his former employer's trial court win.
Midwest healthcare system Mercyhealth said Wednesday it has agreed to pay over $1 million to quell a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into claims that it discriminated against workers' religious beliefs by firing them for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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August 15, 2025
A divided D.C. Circuit panel on Friday reinstated a retired federal worker's discrimination lawsuit against a government workers union, with the majority pushing back on arguments that the allegations must be funneled through a special administrative process outside the courtroom.
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August 15, 2025
The former head of U.S. Bank's artificial intelligence efforts has sued the bank, arguing he was subjected to a biased investigation, replaced by less-qualified white employees and had a new job offer rescinded after defamatory statements by bank employees, in retaliation for reporting race and religion discrimination.
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August 15, 2025
The Fourth Circuit on Friday shot down a former assistant public defender's effort to revive her sexual harassment suit against the federal judiciary, finding Friday that her belief that the judiciary's internal complaint process was unfair, leading her to quit, was not reasonable.
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August 15, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a case challenging federal layoffs that paid a visit to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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August 15, 2025
This week, a New York federal magistrate judge will hear arguments over a bid to certify a class of female former employees at Bloomberg LP who claim they were systematically paid less than their male counterparts.
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August 15, 2025
The Fifth Circuit won't undo the dismissal of a Black former police chief's suit claiming he was fired out of racial prejudice, finding in a split ruling that he couldn't overcome a Louisiana city's explanation that he was let go for sharing misinformation about an officer investigation.
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August 15, 2025
Employment law firm Jackson Lewis has tapped an experienced management-side employment litigator to serve as managing principal of its Austin, Texas, office.
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August 14, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Thursday held that the U.S. Department of Education violated the constitution and Administrative Procedure Act when it issued guidance that took aim at school diversity programs, ruling that the "law does not countenance the government's hasty and summary treatment of these significant issues."
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August 14, 2025
Lizzo's touring company urged a California federal judge to sanction a former designer for failing to disclose records of receiving mental health treatment to support her emotional distress claim, arguing Wednesday it was forced to hire its own expert to examine her and prepare a rebuttal without those records.
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August 14, 2025
The former diversity and inclusion officer at New Jersey's only public acute-care hospital claimed she endured sexist and racial harassment before she was unlawfully pushed out of her job in violation of the state's Law Against Discrimination, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.
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August 14, 2025
A Florida federal judge ruled Wednesday that a state law regulating workplace pronouns violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act but paused a lawsuit by a transgender public school teacher while the Eleventh Circuit considers another suit brought by a transgender sheriff's deputy in Georgia.
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August 14, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday halted the U.S. Department of Agriculture's termination of certain climate-focused grants awarded to five nonprofits, saying the terminations were likely arbitrary and capricious but stopping short of blocking the administration's broader grant termination policy.
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August 14, 2025
An Alabama federal judge has rejected a bid to block a state law banning certain diversity, equity and inclusion-related activities at state schools and college campuses, finding the Alabama NAACP and the students and professors who filed suit didn't show that the law is unconstitutionally vague.
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August 14, 2025
The Seventh Circuit declined Thursday to reinstate a fired Salvadoran nurse's suit claiming she was accused of stealing and using opioids at work out of bias for her nationality, stating she failed to put forward evidence that her national origin drove concerns rather than her sluggish behavior.
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August 14, 2025
A Georgia federal judge has dismissed a former secretary's pregnancy discrimination suit against a county and the chief judge of its juvenile court, adopting a magistrate judge's recommendation that found the secretary didn't prove that her pregnancy led to her being fired.
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August 14, 2025
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is urging a Garden State trial court judge to split up discovery in a lawsuit claiming he conspired with top staffers to oust the state's former elections chief, arguing the court first needs to focus on his qualified immunity defense.
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August 14, 2025
A South Carolina-based remote ESPN video operator says the sports network, its corporate parent Walt Disney and their executives fired him for refusing a third COVID-19 vaccine dose, resurrecting "state actor" allegations similar to claims in a separate, since-withdrawn lawsuit by the same attorneys in 2023.
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August 14, 2025
Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores won efforts to keep his racial discrimination claims against the NFL in federal court, with the Second Circuit finding Thursday that the league cannot force him into arbitration because the organization has unilateral control over the process.
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August 14, 2025
The Sixth Circuit backed the dismissal of an Asian research worker's race and age bias suit claiming Michigan State University handed his job to a younger white employee, saying he neglected to pay a court filing fee on time.
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August 13, 2025
A Virginia federal judge has sided with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in finding that the new owner of a food hall located in a suburb outside of Washington, D.C., has successor liability in a former employee's discrimination suit alleging a manager used racial slurs.
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August 13, 2025
Raytheon Technologies Corp. and a former employee reached a settlement Wednesday in a suit where the worker said he was demoted for taking time off to treat his recurring migraines and for speaking up about the mistreatment of his team members, according to a notice filed by the defense contractor in Colorado federal court.
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August 13, 2025
A split Eighth Circuit en banc panel revived an Arkansas state law banning gender-affirming care for minors, finding that a district court erred in blocking the law because it does not discriminate based on sex but instead classifies based only on age and medical procedure.
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August 13, 2025
The California Supreme Court's upholding of punishment for the late payment of arbitration fees in wage and hour litigation, while the justices also established a new pathway for employer relief, seems like a compromise to avoid U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny, attorneys in the state said.
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August 13, 2025
Buffalo Wild Wings has agreed to pay $47,500 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it turned away a woman seeking a server position because she wore long skirts due to her faith, according to settlement documents filed Wednesday in Georgia federal court.
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August 13, 2025
A staffing company has inked a $217,500 deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it refused a Muslim job-seeker work because he requested a longer lunch break on Fridays to pray, according to the proposed consent decree filed in Washington federal court.