July 10, 2025
The Eighth Circuit declined on Thursday to upend decisions in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its lawsuit accusing a trucking company of refusing to hire a driver because he's deaf, rejecting the employer's argument that the applicant wasn't qualified for the job.
May 14, 2025
An Eighth Circuit panel fired off questions to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawyer Wednesday about the agency's trial win on behalf of a deaf truck driver applicant, homing in on the trucking company's contention that safety concerns were behind its decision not to hire him.
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.