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February 09, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has accused a cemetery and funeral home operator of discriminating against Black employees by denying them access to "preferred" bathroom and break room spaces reserved for white employees and firing a supervisor who didn't block a bias charge.
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February 09, 2026
A retirement fund for Guam government employees did not meet the standard for an immediate appeal of a ruling that its leave-sharing program violates federal military service protections, a federal judge ruled Monday, denying the territory's and fund's Ninth Circuit bid.
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February 09, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday affirmed a jury verdict that found the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had a legitimate reason to create three women-only assignments at the Port of Tampa, because of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection policy mandating same-gender searches of passengers.
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February 09, 2026
A proposed class action brought by law students last year challenging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's requests for diversity data from 20 law firms ended Monday with the government agreeing compliance "was not mandatory, and that most law firms did not provide any of the requested information."
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February 09, 2026
Seyfarth Shaw LLP's employment team locked in an arbitration win for an energy company accused of wage violations, successfully defended Seattle in a pandemic-related battle and shut down a long-running California labor code suit against Columbia Sportswear, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2026
Boeing must face a proposed class action accusing it of excluding workers on long-term disability leave from a $12,000 bonus, as a Washington federal judge denied the company's dismissal motion and remanded the suit to state court, where it was originally filed.
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February 09, 2026
Connecticut law firm Vargas Chapman Woods LLC cannot escape from a harassment and retaliation suit based on the argument that it is not covered by Title VII due to its small size, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled, finding that the firm cast doubt on its own contention about its number of employees.
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February 06, 2026
A former assistant vice president at Michigan State University has sued the university and her former boss in Michigan federal court, alleging that she was fired as payback for reporting claims of sexual harassment.
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February 06, 2026
A Missouri federal judge dismissed the state's suit claiming that Starbucks' diversity policies discriminate based on race and gender, finding that its complaint is "devoid of non-conclusory and non-speculative allegations establishing any actual, concrete and particularized injuries to Missouri citizens."
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February 06, 2026
The Trump administration has agreed not to condition federal education funding for state and legal education agencies on what a coalition of nearly 20 states alleged was an incorrect interpretation of law in relation to diversity, equity and inclusion, according to a Friday filing in Massachusetts federal court.
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February 06, 2026
A New York federal judge tossed Friday a white former Verizon worker's suit claiming he was discriminated against after he was fired for saying a racial slur on a lunch break, ruling his remaining claims are best left for a state court to resolve.
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February 06, 2026
The Trump administration has disclaimed disparate impact — a theory of liability that is often at the heart of bias claims arising from reductions-in-force — but employers still face legal jeopardy if reductions-in-force have an outsized impact on protected groups, attorneys say.
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February 06, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Friday lifted a block on President Donald Trump's executive orders that terminated federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs and aimed to encourage government contractors to do the same, saying it's not the court's role to determine if the directives are "sound policy."
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February 06, 2026
The commission responsible for Connecticut's public defenders did not violate TaShun Bowden-Lewis' constitutional or legal rights when it removed her as chief of the office in 2024, a state Superior Court judge has ruled, finding no second hearing was necessary before the former top defense lawyer lost her job.
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February 06, 2026
This week, a New York federal magistrate judge will consider granting preliminary approval to a $6 million class action settlement resolving allegations from home health aides who claimed a provider did not pay them for all hours they worked during live-in shifts.
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February 06, 2026
Billing company Paymentus Corp. has settled a former in-house attorney's retaliation, age discrimination and wrongful discharge lawsuit less than two weeks before the case was set to go to trial, court records show.
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February 06, 2026
A split Eleventh Circuit panel on Friday reinstated a Black truck salesman's harassment suit claiming a supervisor called him "boy" and that his colleagues regularly called nonwhite customers racial slurs, ruling his hostile work environment claims were strong enough to keep his suit alive.
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February 06, 2026
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a discrimination case against a utility district. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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February 05, 2026
A California federal judge appeared open Thursday to tossing a proposed class action alleging Tesla discriminates against American workers by favoring allegedly underpaid H-1B visa holders, telling counsel repeatedly during a hearing the allegations seem to be "speculation."
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February 05, 2026
Patients of Children's Hospital Colorado who want a state court to reinstate their gender-affirming medical care told a judge Thursday that the court's enforcement of state law and the rule of law is their only remedy, while the hospital that halted their care has other options.
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February 05, 2026
A prominent civil rights attorney representing a University of Texas at Austin nurse in an employment discrimination case must explain why he shouldn't be sanctioned "for his apparent misuse of artificial intelligence" to research and write a brief, a Texas federal judge ruled.
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February 05, 2026
Two nonprofit public interest law firms are pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit opinion finding the National Football League's arbitration process unenforceable, saying the opinion encourages judges to issue "subjective and arbitrary" decisions on arbitration clauses.
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February 05, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating whether Napa Auto Parts discriminated against Black job applicants, according to a Texas federal court filing Thursday that accused the company of failing to comply with the agency's demands for information.
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February 05, 2026
A New Jersey appellate panel has backed the New Jersey Department of Treasury's win in a disability discrimination suit by one of its employees, ruling her claims are either time barred or lack the necessary evidence to show severe enough conduct by the department.
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February 05, 2026
The public has until March 2 to comment on recently proposed amendments to New York City's sick leave law, changes that will expand employees' rights to take paid time off for reasons that go beyond illnesses.