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 28, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the Eleventh Circuit should reinstate a jury win for a female former host of a Georgia restaurant who claimed that managers failed to stop male coworkers' lewd behavior toward her, faulting the trial court for minimizing the men's conduct.