February 21, 2023
George Washington University called on a D.C. court to toss Equal Pay Act and sex discrimination claims brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of an athletics department staffer, slamming the allegations as wholly unbacked by evidence.
January 30, 2023
Evidence overwhelmingly indicates that George Washington University heaped unearned favor and pay on a less-qualified man while diminishing his more competent female colleague, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a D.C. federal court.
September 01, 2022
George Washington University escaped the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid for documents in a gender bias suit, with a D.C. federal judge ruling Thursday that the university did not have to turn over the materials.
September 23, 2021
A D.C. federal judge directed George Washington University to mount a better argument for keeping certain documents out of a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission gender bias case, finding Thursday that the school used faulty reasoning in its effort to shield materials from an internal discrimination investigation.
November 09, 2020
An attorney representing George Washington University in a gender bias case said Monday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continues to flout discovery rules in the three-year-old case, leveling the new accusations just days after the agency avoided sanctions over an earlier violation.
November 05, 2020
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission won't face sanctions for peeking at privileged emails in a gender bias case against George Washington University, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, but he warned the commission not to break the rules again.
August 12, 2020
George Washington University asked a D.C. federal judge to sanction the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for reviewing allegedly privileged emails amid a gender bias suit, arguing the workplace discrimination watchdog should foot the bill for some of the school's legal costs.
July 28, 2020
A Gibson Dunn lawyer representing George Washington University in a gender discrimination suit tore into the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday, claiming the workplace bias watchdog committed "misconduct" by looking at emails the school's legal team asserted were privileged.
June 26, 2020
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can't force George Washington University to spend more to produce certain documents than it wants in damages in a suit alleging that a former athletic director discriminated against his female executive assistant, a Washington, D.C., federal judge held Friday.
May 09, 2019
The George Washington University has lost its bid to sidestep a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission bias suit alleging that its former athletic director illegally favored a male staffer over his female executive assistant and paid him twice as much when he was hired to fill her role.