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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP
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1:13-cv-00046
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Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Employment
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September 11, 2014
EEOC Wants 4th Circ. To Revive Womble Carlyle ADA Suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched a Fourth Circuit challenge on Thursday to a North Carolina federal court's decision to throw out a lawsuit accusing Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP of firing a worker after treatment for breast cancer left her disabled.
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June 27, 2014
Womble Carlyle Beats EEOC Suit Over Fired Cancer Survivor
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP on Thursday escaped a suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the firm's firing of an assistant who couldn't lift heavy items because of a cancer treatment-related disability, with a North Carolina federal judge finding the ex-employee was unable to perform essential functions of her job.
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April 29, 2014
EEOC Hit With Sanctions In ADA Suit Against Womble Carlyle
A North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday signed off on a magistrate judge's recommendation that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shell out $22,900 in sanctions over evidence destroyed in its disability discrimination suit against Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP.
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April 08, 2014
EEOC Says Sanctions Too High In Womble Carlyle ADA Suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday asked a North Carolina federal judge to lower the fees a magistrate judge ordered the agency to pay as a sanction for the destruction of evidence by a worker the agency claims Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP unlawfully axed after cancer left her disabled.
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March 25, 2014
Womble Wins Sanctions Over Trashed Evidence In EEOC Suit
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP should get $22,900 in sanctions stemming from the destruction of evidence in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability bias suit by an allegedly unlawfully fired former worker, a North Carolina magistrate judge said Monday.
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March 03, 2014
Womble Carlyle Slams EEOC's Objections To Sanction Amount
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP said Friday it is seeking a reasonable sum from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to cover fees the agency was ordered to pay as a sanction for the destruction of evidence by a worker the agency claims the firm unlawfully axed.
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February 19, 2014
EEOC Says Womble Carlyle Wants Too Much For Sanction
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday that Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP is seeking too high a sum to cover fees the agency was ordered to pay as a sanction for the destruction of evidence by a worker the agency claims the firm unlawfully axed.
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January 30, 2014
Womble Carlyle Says EEOC's ADA Suit Should Be Tossed
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP asked a North Carolina federal judge Thursday to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing the firm of firing an office assistant after cancer left her disabled, claiming the worker couldn't perform her job's essential functions.
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November 20, 2013
EEOC Fights Womble Carlyle's Sanctions Bid In Bias Suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a North Carolina federal court Friday to deny Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP's bid for sanctions over evidence discarded by the ex-worker behind a disability bias case, claiming that evidence would have helped — not hurt — the agency's case.
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October 23, 2013
Womble Carlyle Seeks Sanctions Against EEOC In Firing Case
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP asked a North Carolina federal court Tuesday to sanction the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming it failed to preserve "critical evidence" destroyed by an ex-worker the firm allegedly fired after cancer treatment left her disabled.