August 20, 2025
The Fifth Circuit recently struck down an injunction that barred the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against Texas, in a legal battle experts say could be destined for the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are three things to know following the appeals court's ruling.
August 15, 2025
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was wrongly blocked from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday, saying the U.S. Constitution didn't require House lawmakers' physical presence to have a quorum when the statute was approved.
July 03, 2025
A former member of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has asked a D.C. federal court to declare her dismissal by President Donald Trump unlawful, and the Fifth Circuit is poised to rule on whether the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act's enactment by Congress passes constitutional muster. Here, Law360 looks at these and two other discrimination cases attorneys will be tracking in the latter half of the year.
February 25, 2025
The Fifth Circuit grappled Tuesday with whether the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was rightly blocked from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, with several judges struggling to pinpoint whether the U.S. Constitution requires lawmakers' physical presence to have a quorum.
February 03, 2025
The full Eleventh Circuit will tackle a high-profile legal fight over a Georgia county health plan's coverage exclusion for gender dysphoria treatment, while the EEOC is scheduled to appear at the Fifth and D.C. circuits to back up arguments made in amicus briefs. Here are six argument sessions discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on this month.
August 16, 2024
The federal government's Fifth Circuit challenge to a court order blocking it from enforcing a law to protect pregnant workers in Texas got support on Friday from four Democratic lawmakers who argued the lower court ruling, if upheld, would undercut Congress' authority to set its own rules of operation.