July 22, 2025
The Eighth Circuit backed the dismissal of a former Walmart worker's suit alleging that sex bias cost her a promotion, ruling that a boss's comment that the winning male candidate "had a family to support" did not show that gender discrimination influenced the decision.
June 10, 2025
The Eighth Circuit wondered Tuesday whether a Walmart supervisor's supposed rationale for promoting a male employee to a managerial role — that he had a "family to support" — lends credence to a female former employee's sex discrimination claim over the advancement decision.
May 30, 2025
The Eighth Circuit will hear from an ex-principal who said she was illegally pushed out after advocating for LGBTQ+ students and authorizing a Pride flag in an inclusivity display, while the Ninth Circuit will consider whether a religious employer can avoid having Washington state's anti-discrimination law enforced against it. Here, Law360 looks at six argument sessions discrimination attorneys should have on their radar.