March 14, 2017
Counsel for a class of U.S. Secret Service special agents that settled allegations of racial bias with the federal government in January for $24 million asked a federal court Monday to award them $8 million in attorneys' fees for their work on the case over a nearly 17-year period.
January 27, 2017
The government has agreed to shell out $24 million to settle a nearly 17-year dispute over allegations of racial bias in the U.S. Secret Service, according to a proposed deal Thursday that would pay more than 100 class members who allege the government didn't promote African-American agents.
May 05, 2016
The federal government on Thursday pushed for a D.C. federal judge to toss long-running class allegations of racial bias in the U.S. Secret Service, maintaining that the class could not prove that the promotions process as a whole resulted in fewer African-Americans being promoted.
May 12, 2015
The government's push to nix the class claims in a race bias suit brought by black Secret Service agents regurgitates flawed arguments that have already been addressed by the Washington federal court overseeing the case and should be rejected, the agents said Monday.
March 26, 2015
The U.S. government urged a Washington, D.C., federal court Wednesday to nix the class claims in a race bias case brought by black Secret Service agents, acknowledging the Secret Service's history is "not without blemish" but arguing that overall promotion rates show a commitment to equality.
February 27, 2013
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday certified a class of African-American current and former special agents in a long-running dispute in which they allege that that the U.S. Secret Service engaged in a pattern of discrimination in promotions of black agents.