August 14, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel suggested Friday that the California Supreme Court may need to opine on the scope of a state law that bars employers from influencing workers' political activity in a case involving an NBA play-by-play announcer who alleged he was wrongly fired by a radio station for tweeting "All lives matter" during racial protests in 2020.
August 07, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a former NBA announcer's wrongful termination suit against a radio station. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
August 03, 2026
The Ninth Circuit will hear from a former postal worker bringing a sexual harassment lawsuit and an ousted sports radio host who was fired over a tweet, while the Fifth Circuit will review a former cop's sex bias case and the Second Circuit will tackle onetime bank executives' whistleblower claims. Here's a look at a quartet of oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in August.