May 12, 2026
The full Fifth Circuit grappled Tuesday with whether lawmakers had to be physically present to have validly enacted the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, in a case one judge said will head to the U.S. Supreme Court if a lower court ruling barring PWFA enforcement against Texas stands.
May 11, 2026
The full Fifth Circuit will hear arguments Tuesday in the federal government's appeal of an order barring it from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against Texas in a case over congressional voting procedures that experts say muddies the statute's validity and will likely land before the U.S. Supreme Court.
May 01, 2026
The full Fifth Circuit will consider whether the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was validly enacted, the D.C. Circuit will hear the Trump administration's bid to reinstate diversity-focused executive orders targeting four BigLaw firms. Here's a quartet of oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on this month.
January 20, 2026
The Fifth Circuit's recent decision to grant Texas an en banc rehearing to decide whether the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was validly enacted likely sets the state's challenge to the statute on a path to the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys say. Here, Law360 looks at three things to know as the legal battle moves ahead.
January 14, 2026
The Fifth Circuit late Wednesday vacated a split panel opinion allowing enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, granting an en banc rehearing to consider whether the U.S. Constitution required House lawmakers' physical presence to have a quorum when the statute was approved.
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.