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June 17, 2026
A staffing company has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sex bias suit claiming the business agreed to ensure it wouldn't send female applicants to an Alabama recycling plant for open laborer positions.
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June 17, 2026
A Texas federal judge said a former worker can collect attorney fees on claims that the City of Hutto illegally demanded he return $400,000 in separation pay, but cited his dismissed race allegations in awarding him far less than the $2 million in fees, interest and costs he sought.
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June 17, 2026
A berry grower will pay $550,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it failed to stop managers, supervisors and other employees from making sexual comments about female workers, according to a filing in California federal court.
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June 16, 2026
Members of the University of Colorado Board of Regents asked a federal judge to dismiss a fellow board member's lawsuit alleging she was sanctioned for opposing a university-funded campaign that stereotyped Black people, arguing that she was disciplined for breaching her fiduciary duties and that the defendant members have immunity.
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June 16, 2026
Citigroup Inc. has been sued by a former senior risk management executive who alleged the bank fired her after she flagged risk deficiencies and identified problems with Citi's anti-money laundering risk management controls, and the bank has pushed back on her bid to proceed anonymously.
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June 16, 2026
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination urged a state appeals court Tuesday to grant her bid to appeal a ruling on her available damages, arguing that the appeal is necessary to clarify a prior appellate decision.
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June 16, 2026
A trio of staffing companies urged a Tennessee federal court to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming they wouldn't hire Black workers upon clients' requests, arguing that despite developing a trove of discovery material the agency hasn't produced any evidence to support its claims.
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June 16, 2026
The Sixth Circuit has backed the City of Cincinnati Fire Department's defeat of a firefighter's lawsuit claiming he was denied a promotion because he's Black, finding it was a low test score that cost him the promotion rather than race bias.
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June 16, 2026
The Sixth Circuit reopened a Michigan school superintendent's lawsuit alleging she was subjected to a sham misconduct investigation and involuntarily placed on leave because she's a woman who made unpopular decisions, ruling a trial court applied an improperly high standard when it refused to let her amend her complaint.
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June 16, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Second Circuit that a lower court was wrong to toss an ex-travel plaza worker's sex harassment suit, stating that just because the business didn't employ the alleged harasser doesn't mean it can't be held liable for failing to take action.
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June 15, 2026
A California federal judge pushed back Monday against Workday's "odd" claim that the state's civil rights laws don't apply in job bias litigation over its artificial intelligence tools, saying the California-based company's apparent argument would perversely subject it to "the laws of all 50 states and countries around the world."
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June 15, 2026
Jurors have cleared the University of Washington's medical school of liability in an anesthesiology professor's lawsuit alleging that she was unfairly ousted from a director role after complaining of discrimination and harassment, finding that the professor failed to sufficiently prove any of her three claims against the school.
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June 15, 2026
The District of Columbia agreed to resolve a Black former administrative law judge's lawsuit alleging she was passed over for promotions in favor of less qualified white colleagues, according to a Monday filing in federal court.
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June 15, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and emergency services provider Global Medical Response told a Colorado federal court they've reached an agreement to resolve the agency's lawsuit alleging that the company's strict no-beard policy violated federal laws.
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June 15, 2026
A former Detroit Club contractor told a federal jury Monday that the club's owner repeatedly made racist comments about job candidates, employees and potential customers, including calling one spa manager candidate "too Black" and referring to two Black hostesses with a racial slur involving the N-word.
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June 15, 2026
Haitian meatpacking workers who say they were lured to Colorado with false promises and subjected to race-based discrimination can proceed with their proposed class action, a federal judge recommended Friday, also denying a bid to strike class allegations.
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June 15, 2026
The Eighth Circuit reopened a lawsuit alleging a Minnesota healthcare system fired a nurse for asking to skip the COVID-19 vaccine because of chronic pain, ruling on Monday that the organization's assertion that the vaccination mandate was a core job requirement didn't make it so.
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June 15, 2026
A former managing director at Charlotte-based PNC Bank told a North Carolina federal court that the financial services giant targeted her for reporting sex-based discrimination, and then fired her right before the vesting of hundreds of thousands of dollars in restricted stock units.
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June 15, 2026
A former Apache Corp. employee asked a Texas federal judge to undo a prior order granting her employer judgment as a matter of law midtrial, telling the court that her claims should have gone before a jury to decide.
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June 15, 2026
CBS News forced a Black associate director to move from New York to D.C. at her own expense, denied job opportunities to her and ultimately fired her for complaining about colleagues' harassment, she told a federal court Monday.
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June 15, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to revisit a former MGM resort employee's suit alleging she was fired for being a lighter-skinned African American, leaving in place last year's jury verdict in the company's favor.
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June 12, 2026
Female student-athletes who were denied class certification in a Title IX lawsuit against the University of Oregon have asked the Ninth Circuit permission to appeal, saying a federal judge's decision was "riddled with legal and procedural errors."
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June 12, 2026
A New York federal judge ruled Friday that actor Blake Lively can recoup legal fees from her "It Ends With Us" costar Justin Baldoni after the dismissal of his defamation claims, but found in an issue of first impression that federal procedure bars her from recovering treble and punitive damages under a new state law.
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June 12, 2026
Connecticut recently joined a growing number of states with laws targeting the use of AI-infused tools in workplace decision-making, a move that experts say highlights a trend toward transparency in how the technology is used. Here, management-side attorneys discuss four things employers should know about Connecticut's foray into regulating AI.
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June 12, 2026
Amazon and a proposed class of last-mile delivery drivers for the e-commerce giant asked a Colorado federal judge to allow the drivers' lawsuit over required bathroom breaks to move forward to discovery after the case had been stayed pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision.