June 17, 2026
So far in 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has used amicus briefs to push courts to adopt its views on employer liability in third-party harassment cases, as well as the breadth of the U.S. Supreme Court's Muldrow decision, which lowered the bar for workplace bias claims. Here's a look at where the agency is directing its amicus efforts this year.
May 11, 2026
The Trump administration urged the Third Circuit on Monday to reopen a former Temple University professor's lawsuit alleging he was denied tenure because of the school's efforts to diversify its faculty as well as due to his autoimmune condition.
October 21, 2025
A former Temple University assistant professor alleging he was denied tenure because he's a Chinese man with a chronic neuromuscular condition is taking his legal battle to the Third Circuit after a trial court sided with the school.