Texas County Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

Law360, New York (February 16, 2012, 7:39 PM ET) -- A Texas federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a $20,000 settlement between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a Texas county that it had accused of retaliating against a secretary in the treasurer's office after she filed an age discrimination suit against the county in 2009.

U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack said that all issues in the suit had been resolved, after the court reviewed a proposed consent decree the parties filed Wednesday, which states that Brooks County, Texas, and its employees, including...
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