A Pennsylvania federal judge sliced an attorney's requested $2.8 million fee award for a pay-discrimination case against a school district Monday, blaming the plaintiff's counsel for errors during the two trials it took to reach a verdict.
The Tenth Circuit reinstated a disability discrimination act case Monday over a healthcare provider's decision to make an employee undergo company-sponsored mental health counseling, finding that mandate might meet the U.S. Supreme Court's new standard for what constitutes an adverse employment action.
The Second Circuit on Monday refused to revive a fringe contributions dispute between two concrete companies and a group of union fringe benefit funds, affirming a lower court's decision to hand the union an early win that was partially based on the companies' failure to respond to discovery requests.