April 20, 2026
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce encouraged the Third Circuit on Monday to split with a decades-old U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission standard and join a sister circuit in adopting a higher bar for workers looking to sue employers over harassment from clients or customers.
February 26, 2026
Some federal courts' recent deviation from the long-settled standard for analyzing employer liability in third-party harassment cases has prompted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to try to course-correct, but guidance from the nation's highest court may ultimately be necessary, experts said.
February 23, 2026
A recent appellate ruling making it tougher for workers to sue employers over alleged harassment by third parties threatens to undermine the goals of federal anti-bias law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Third Circuit, backing a suit against the University of Pennsylvania.