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January 03, 2023
The full Eleventh Circuit upheld a Florida school board's policy requiring transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond to their assigned sex at birth, reversing decisions from a district court and two appellate panels that found the rule unconstitutional.
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January 03, 2023
A Hispanic former employee of a unit of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. has accused it of discriminating against her during her time as a senior manager of laboratory operations, saying she was excluded from key meetings and fired for piping up about discriminatory disciplinary practices at the company.
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January 03, 2023
Littler Mendelson PC is starting the new year by expanding its San Francisco team, announcing Tuesday that it has added two attorneys — litigators from Buty & Curliano LLP and Roxborough Pomerance Nye & Adreani LLP.
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January 03, 2023
After what he called "the poorest performance by an attorney" he has seen in a dozen years on the bench, a Chicago federal judge concluded that a plaintiffs lawyer with a history of "deficient representation" should face a disciplinary probe and potential disbarment from the district court.
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January 03, 2023
A Kansas federal judge tossed a former UPS driver's claim that the delivery service violated state wage law by failing to pay him for meal breaks, ruling that the claim falls under jurisdiction of federal law because it requires analysis of the worker's collective bargaining agreement.
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January 03, 2023
A Tenth Circuit panel refused Tuesday to reinstate a former Walmart employee's lawsuit claiming the company unlawfully fired her for unexcused absences after denying her medical leave, saying her allegations already had been dealt with in a prior case.
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January 03, 2023
A former worker who accused an office manager at Parnas & Associates PC of sexual harassment settled with the law firm and others for an undisclosed amount in New York federal court last week.
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January 03, 2023
A Pennsylvania hotel can't duck potential punitive damages for a job applicant's claim that it discriminated against her by rejecting her after she disclosed that she was on a methadone treatment, a federal magistrate judge found.
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January 03, 2023
A former employee of McDermott Will & Emery LLP has accused the firm of disability discrimination for demanding that he return to in-person work despite his multiple sclerosis and firing him when he refused, according to a new lawsuit.
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January 03, 2023
The full Fifth Circuit will consider easing an employer-friendly rule governing bias claims and the Second Circuit will scrutinize nearly $160,000 in sanctions handed down against a nurse and her lawyer for fabricating evidence in a harassment case. Here, Law360 looks at five sets of oral arguments slated for this month that discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.
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January 02, 2023
Legislation taking effect this year in Illinois includes changes to leave law with which Prairie State employers should be ready to comply, which attorneys say reflects a growing trend to give employees more time off to deal with personal crises.
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January 02, 2023
A groundbreaking U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit challenging an automated hiring tool that allegedly screened out older applicants tops the list of agency suits discrimination lawyers will be keeping tabs on in the new year. Here, Law360 looks at four EEOC cases to watch in 2023.
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January 02, 2023
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may finalize long-stalled guidance on harassment and revisit hot-button topics like artificial intelligence and pay data, while Congress could tackle bills that would beef up protections for workers who have caregiving responsibilities. Here, Law360 looks at legislative and regulatory developments that discrimination lawyers should watch for in the new year.
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January 02, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court will hand down decisions in closely watched cases on affirmative action in higher education and companies' ability to deny services to LGBTQ customers, plus trial is finally set to begin in a long-running sex bias class action against Goldman Sachs. Here, Law360 examines the battles that discrimination attorneys should have on their radar in the new year.
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January 02, 2023
Jones Day, Davis Polk and Levi & Korsinsky are among the legal industry players embroiled in discrimination and harassment cases brought from within their ranks that will see major developments in the coming year. Here, Law360 looks at five ongoing employment suits against law firms worth keeping track of in 2023.
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December 23, 2022
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 225-201 on Friday to pass a $1.7 trillion spending package funding the government through September and approving a number of last-minute policy agreements at the end of the congressional session.
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December 22, 2022
The Seventh Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction rolling back an Indiana city's overhaul of its firefighters' schedules, with a majority of a three-judge panel backing a union's claim that the mayor engineered the change to punish the firefighters for lobbying the city council for raises.
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December 22, 2022
Anheuser-Busch has agreed to settle the remaining claims in a worker's retaliation lawsuit alleging she was stripped of her union steward duties after she complained of discrimination and filed a claim for workers' compensation, the parties said Thursday.
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December 22, 2022
Consolidated Edison Co. and a former employee agreed Thursday to end two related suits, putting to rest a 6-year-old suit in New York federal court alleging the energy company engaged in retaliation and discrimination on the basis of race and gender.
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December 22, 2022
Twitter told a California federal court to toss a proposed class action claiming recent layoffs and CEO Elon Musk's demands for long hours and an immediate return to the office violated disability discrimination laws, arguing that workers have failed to show people with disabilities were treated differently.
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December 22, 2022
A Washington state-based janitorial services company has agreed to compensate a custodian who filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the company failed to step in when a supervisor sexually harassed her, the agency said Thursday.
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December 22, 2022
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to pass a massive $1.7 trillion bill funding the government through September ahead of a looming deadline this week, approving a package that included a number of last-minute agreements and policy preferences at the end of the congressional session.
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December 22, 2022
The Second Circuit upheld the New York City education department's win Thursday in a teacher's disability and religious bias suit, finding she hadn't shown that discipline and criticism she received on the job stemmed from her health issues or religious views.
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December 22, 2022
A pipeline infrastructure management firm subjects its workers to racist abuse, underpays them and fires those who stand up for themselves, three ex-employees alleged in a suit filed in New Jersey state court.
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December 22, 2022
Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips has expanded its Philadelphia office with the addition of a litigator with a decade of experience representing companies in workplace law disputes.