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May 20, 2024
A Detroit-area court and two of its judges say a public defender's retaliation suit should be dismissed because they have immunity from claims that her cases were moved because she complained about court staff behavior, saying that even if the allegations were true, the judges have a right to manage their courtrooms.
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May 20, 2024
A federal court's ruling that a job applicant lacked standing to claim an employer violated Washington state's new requirement for employers to include pay ranges in job ads may signal that workers will fare better advancing such claims in state court, attorneys told Law360.
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May 20, 2024
A nurse working for a Northshore Health unit in Illinois cannot pursue employment deprivation claims over the hospital's initial rejection of her COVID-19 vaccine religious exemption request since she was granted the exemption on appeal, a federal judge said Friday.
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May 20, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Fifth Circuit it should revive a colorblind conductor's disability bias suit claiming BNSF Railway Co. used a flawed vision test to fire him, arguing that the trial court misinterpreted railway safety regulations when it tossed the case.
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May 20, 2024
A recycling company will pay $90,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of firing a veteran employee because he participated in an agency probe regarding gender bias, a filing in Alabama federal court said.
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May 20, 2024
A Pennsylvania appeals panel won't reinstate a wrongful termination suit by a former rehabilitation center worker who says she was wrongly fired for using medical cannabis, rejecting her argument that her claims should be subject to a six-year statute of limitations instead of two years.
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May 20, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to consider a metal engraver's claims that a silversmith fired him because he was over 40 with carpal tunnel syndrome, leaving in place a Ninth Circuit ruling that only part of his case needed to be heard by a jury.
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May 20, 2024
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg committed Monday to resigning from his post amid continuing fallout from his agency's toxic workplace scandal, bending to mounting pressure for his exit.
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May 17, 2024
A former Jenner & Block LLP employee filed a discrimination suit against the law firm on May 17, claiming she was fired after the firm refused to provide a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite her belief that taking the vaccine would make her complicit in abortion.
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May 17, 2024
A corporate hotel booking service gave lackluster performance reviews to a female national sales manager because she had taken maternity leave and fired her after she raised concerns about being passed over for promotions in favor of a less experienced male co-worker, according to a lawsuit in Colorado federal court.
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May 17, 2024
The Delaware State Police on Friday defeated a former officer's lawsuit alleging she was constantly bullied by superiors and eventually fired because of her gender, with a federal judge finding she failed to show how 15 years of sporadic events demonstrated a pattern of bias.
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May 17, 2024
A Hartford art museum and its former curatorial administrator who accused it of firing her for sending an email questioning its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives came together to jointly dismiss the worker's free speech retaliation suit from Connecticut federal court.
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May 17, 2024
An orthopedic surgeon who sued Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for gender discrimination over its handling of sexual assault allegations has settled his case with the hospital after a $15 million award in his favor was erased.
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May 17, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against Smithfield Foods Inc. and Smithfield Fresh Meats Sales Corp. in Georgia federal court on Friday for age discrimination, alleging the companies violated federal law by firing a senior sales employee because of her age.
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May 17, 2024
A Ninth Circuit panel's opinion that a fire chief's Christian faith wasn't the cause for his firing will have severe ramifications in discrimination cases and the full appellate court should have reconsidered it, several circuit judges said Friday.
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May 17, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fielded an unexpectedly substantial number of claims under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act within just three months last year, signaling employees' readiness to take advantage of the law's protections. Here's a look at two areas employers should watch in light of the EEOC's latest charge data.
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May 17, 2024
The NFL convinced a Nevada appeals court to order arbitration for the defamation suit by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden, but experts say the league shouldn't celebrate too hard in the end zone, because the justices shone light on cracks in its arbitration process.
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May 17, 2024
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court said "extraordinary" and "far-reaching" attacks on administrative enforcers can skip agency tribunals and go straight to federal district court, ambitious challenges to regulatory powers are rapidly gaining traction, and the high court is poised to put them on an even firmer footing.
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May 17, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit said it will not review its decision backing the dismissal of a suit brought by a charter school that said a Florida school district fired Black teachers and forced the school to close out of discrimination against the community's predominantly Black residents.
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May 17, 2024
A New Jersey state appeals court on Friday refused to revive a legal malpractice lawsuit from a UPS driver alleging his ex-lawyer did not disclose his working relationship with Day Pitney LLP, the firm that represented the delivery company in the driver's underlying racial discrimination suit.
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May 17, 2024
A group of Chicago Tribune journalists sued the paper and its parent Alden Global Capital in Illinois federal court on Thursday alleging sex and race discrimination that has caused more than 50 reporters and editors to get paid thousands of dollars per year less than their white male colleagues.
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May 17, 2024
In the coming week, the Second Circuit will hear a former New York University hospital doctor's bid to revive his suit claiming the hospital discriminated against him on the basis of his disability by denying him work accommodations before firing him. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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May 17, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for California Supreme Court oral arguments regarding the validity of the Proposition 22 ballot measure from 2020. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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May 17, 2024
The enactment of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act paves the way for in-flight crew members to finally have the right to express breast milk by requiring the FAA to address safety concerns head-on, attorneys say.
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May 17, 2024
A split Eighth Circuit panel refused to revive a white former security officer's suit claiming a St. Louis economic development organization fired him for complaining that a Black colleague sexually harassed him, ruling the worker's allegations weren't detailed enough to sustain the case.