A Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday ruled that Illinois's 2024 amendment to the Biometric Information Privacy Act applies retroactively to pending cases, sharply limiting damages for workers who alleged their employers...
Writing for a unanimous panel Monday, Chief Judge William Pryor, joined by Circuit Judges Abudu and Tjoflat, held that coal miners need only prove they worked 125 days in coal mines during any calendar year to establi...
Chief Judge William Pryor, writing for a unanimous Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday, upheld a jury's verdict against Dimerco Express USA Corp. for refusing to hire a qualified Black applicant because of his race, rul...
Writing for a unanimous D.C. Circuit panel on Thursday, Circuit Judge Walker affirmed summary judgment for the State Department in a disability discrimination case, holding that the agency provided "reasonable, not perfect" accommodations to a visually impa...
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit between Mississippi church members over alleged misconduct, ruling that federal courts lack jurisdiction over the dispute and noting that the cited criminal statutes provide no 'statutory bas...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Phillips Currault on Tuesday ordered the consolidation of two employment-related cases against the Tangipahoa Parish School System, streamlining litigation in what appears to be related disputes involving the Louisiana school dis...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig D. Burns on Wednesday awarded $9,200 in attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act to a plaintiff who successfully challenged a Social Security disability denial, finding the government failed to show its position was 's...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Eberhart-Smith on Tuesday partially approved a protective order in an employment dispute between Lorenzo Rodriguez Rios and California Fine Wine & Spirits LLC, but rejected the parties' attempt to circumvent the court's mandat...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on Wednesday dismissed disability discrimination claims against two California prison officials after an inmate failed to file an amended complaint within a court-imposed deadline, allowing the prisoner's retaliation and...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on Wednesday granted a motion to compel a pro se prisoner's deposition while rejecting his attempt to circumvent interrogatory limits, warning that 'plaintiff's pro se status is not a free pass for discovery rules to...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on Tuesday denied a pro se prisoner's motion to extend discovery deadlines in his civil rights lawsuit, ruling the request was 'untimely and lacks a showing of good cause' after being filed more than a month past the exi...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on Tuesday recommended dismissing the majority of claims in a civil rights lawsuit brought by an African American prisoner who alleged prison officials denied him kosher meals because of his race, finding that 'it is imp...
U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig on Wednesday allowed a Wisconsin maintenance worker to proceed with federal wage and retaliation claims against his former employer, finding that his complaint adequately alleged he was fired after complaining about unpaid w...
U.S. District Judge Michael K. Kanne on Tuesday affirmed an administrative law judge's denial of disability benefits to a 59-year-old woman, finding the ALJ adequately considered evidence of her alleged sitting limitations despite her attorney's claims that...
Writing for a three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Kobes on Tuesday upheld summary judgment against a truck driver's ADA discrimination suit, ruling that his sworn statements to Social Security that Parkinson's disease made it 'impossible' for him to work contr...
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts on Tuesday granted a 30-day extension for Crunch Holdings LLC to respond to a class action complaint, allowing the fitness company to pursue arbitration discussions that could 'moot the need for further litigation in this...
U.S. District Judge Noël Wise on Tuesday denied a putative class action plaintiff's motion to remand a wage and hour case against Cushman & Wakefield entities back to state court, finding that the dispute meets federal jurisdiction requirements under the Cl...
Writing for a unanimous panel Tuesday, Circuit Judge Mathis, joined by Judges Moore and Cole, held that Rieth-Riley Construction Company committed multiple unfair labor practices during a nearly decade-long dispute with Local 324 of the International Union...
Circuit Judge Thacker, joined by Chief Judge Diaz and Judge King, on Monday denied Wolf Run Mining Company's petition challenging a $250,000 black lung benefits award, holding that the company 'provided no rationale as to why coal dust-induced lung disease...
Chief Judge William Pryor, writing for a unanimous Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday, upheld a jury's verdict against Dimerco Express USA Corp. for refusing to hire a qualified Black applicant because of his race, ruling that the company's 'exceedingly repr...
Writing for a unanimous panel Monday, Chief Judge William Pryor, joined by Circuit Judges Abudu and Tjoflat, held that coal miners need only prove they worked 125 days in coal mines during any calendar year to establish a 'year' of employment for black lung...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Tymkovich, joined by Judges Hartz and Kelly, affirmed Tuesday the dismissal of a Title VII retaliation claim against Weiser Security Services, holding that security guard Juan Dominguez failed to show either that...
Writing for a unanimous three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Davis on Tuesday held that Tennessee's laws restricting pharmacy benefit managers from steering patients to preferred pharmacies are preempted by ERISA, affirming a district court's permanent injuncti...