April 09, 2024
A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared skeptical of a trial court's decision to jettison retaliation claims from a former dental hygienist's sexual harassment lawsuit before it went to trial twice, signaling the pitched legal battle may be soon teed up for a third go-round.
April 01, 2024
The Second Circuit will hear a case that could help determine the scope of the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, while fitness company Equinox and supermarket chain Trader Joe's will square off with workers looking to revive discrimination suits. Here, Law360 looks at six oral arguments to keep an eye on this month.
September 21, 2023
A self-proclaimed feminist litigation firm asked the Second Circuit on Thursday to reverse a trial court's decision scrapping a $2.6 million verdict in a former dental hygienist's sex harassment suit, stating the ruling was an overreach exemplary of a growing trend among judges to invalidate juries.