October 14, 2025
BNSF Railway Co. urged the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday to rethink reviving classwide claims in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the company failed to protect female workers from harassment, arguing an appellate panel created a special, more relaxed standard to apply to the agency's case.
August 28, 2025
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday revived a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing BNSF Railway Co. of failing to adequately safeguard women at a Nebraska rail yard from rampant harassment, saying the legal standard applied by a trial court was too rigid.
April 30, 2025
The Sixth Circuit will tackle tricky questions about the reach of a federal law curbing employers' use of mandatory arbitration provisions for workers' sexual harassment and assault claims, while U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission attorneys will venture to three appellate courts to support cases and amicus briefs they've filed. Here, Law360 looks at six argument sessions discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on this month.