The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Friday that Allied Services LLC, operating as Republic Services of the Ozarks, will pay $200,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit alleging the waste management company rejected a female applicant for a...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a two-year consent decree resolving claims that Santa Clara-based HCL America rejected a 62-year-old Indian job applicant for a sales director role in favor of a younger, non-Indian candidate, with...
A federal judge in Tennessee denied BNSF Railway Company’s motion for summary judgment in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit brought by a railroad carman who reported an improperly secured train.
Jeri Vivit’s Title VII religious discrimination claim against the Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago survives a motion to dismiss, resolving a novel question about whether an employee must notify an employer of her religious beliefs before recording...
The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class action brought by Bayer Healthcare LLC and Johnson & Johnson against the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, resolving a dispute over the substantive eligibility criteria for fund benefits.
A federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of California has curtailed the scope of discovery in a certified class action accusing U.S. Border Patrol of conducting suspicionless stops and warrantless arrests during large-scale immigration...
A federal judge held that a Wisconsin state trooper violated the Fourth Amendment by searching a vehicle passenger's clothing after a K9 alerted to the truck he was riding in, and denied the trooper qualified immunity.
The Northern District of Indiana has denied a motion for judgment as a matter of law in a civil rights suit where a jury returned a mixed verdict against Indiana State Prison guards over allegations of excessive force.
A federal judge in the Northern District of Ohio held that a man's death following a prone-restraint encounter with officers from two Ohio police departments gives rise to plausible Monell claims against both municipalities, even though the plaintiff...
The Washington Supreme Court held that public employees are entitled to up to 21 days of paid military leave under RCW 38.40.060 even if they are not scheduled to work because they are on active duty during an extended military leave of absence.
A federal judge in Tacoma denied the Postmaster General's bid to end a Title VII hostile-work-environment suit brought by a Chinese-American postmaster who alleges USPS employees and management targeted her with discriminatory complaints that led to her...
A federal court in Florida held that a wheelchair-using plaintiff who has filed numerous ADA suits has standing to seek injunctive relief, rejecting the argument that serial litigation history defeats a plaintiff's claim of future injury.
A federal judge in the Western District of Virginia held that a male Virginia Tech student's Title IX sex-discrimination claim can proceed to trial based on evidence that a hearing officer harbored sex-based bias against men during the student's sexual...
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has declined to dismiss a First Amendment retaliation claim brought by a former Penn State Board of Trustees member, leaving open a significant question about whether elected trustees are protected public employees or elected...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a habeas petition for a Honduran national, ruling that he is not subject to mandatory detention without a bond hearing under the Laken Riley Act or 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b).
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a landmark settlement with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital requiring sweeping reforms to emergency psychiatric care, backed by a $500,000 penalty and a $10,000-per-violation enforcement mechanism.
The federal agency alleges the turkey giant fired a long-term employee for accruing attendance points tied to chemotherapy absences after her leave request was never processed.
The EEOC filed suit against Exel Inc., doing business as DHL Supply Chain (USA), alleging the logistics company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to accommodate a temporary employee's sickle cell disorder and then discharging her.
The EEOC filed suit against a trucking company for allegedly forcing a Christian driver to choose between his faith and his job by refusing to accommodate his need to attend Sunday church services.
FedEx agreed to pay $280,000 and provide additional relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.