The Ninth Circuit on Monday backed a Las Vegas casino's defeat of an employee's lawsuit alleging it failed to intervene when former NFL player Richard Sherman berated her on the casino floor, saying two profane outbursts by one customer don't illustrate an abusive work environment.
New York State's highest court recently ruled that two workplace anti-discrimination laws cover out-of-state job applicants, a decision experts say broadens companies' potential liability but is limited enough to avoid causing a spike in litigation. Here Law360 looks at four key takeaways from the decision.
The Tenth Circuit recently shut down a lawsuit from a white worker who said being forced to sit through a diversity, equity and inclusion seminar amounted to racial harassment, but experts say the decision laid out a blueprint for what a successful challenge to DEI training might entail.
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The Ninth Circuit on Monday backed a Las Vegas casino's defeat of an employee's lawsuit alleging it failed to intervene when former NFL player Richard Sherman berated her on the casino floor, saying two profane outbursts by one customer don't illustrate an abusive work environment.
New York State's highest court recently ruled that two workplace anti-discrimination laws cover out-of-state job applicants, a decision experts say broadens companies' potential liability but is limited enough to avoid causing a spike in litigation. Here Law360 looks at four key takeaways from the decision.
The Tenth Circuit recently shut down a lawsuit from a white worker who said being forced to sit through a diversity, equity and inclusion seminar amounted to racial harassment, but experts say the decision laid out a blueprint for what a successful challenge to DEI training might entail.
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March 18, 2024
Kaiser Permanente and the California Nurses Association defeated a fired nurse's lawsuit Monday, with the Ninth Circuit affirming that the nonprofit health care giant had valid reasons for firing her and that the union adequately represented her in her challenge to the termination.
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March 18, 2024
Alabama State University has urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a win for the school's former softball coach, who claimed she was suspended because of her gender, saying she did not demonstrate a case of bias.
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March 18, 2024
A Washington federal jury sided against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its suit alleging a mental health facility rescinded a nurse's job offer over a permanent leg injury, finding that it would have been too burdensome for the company to accommodate him.
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March 18, 2024
The Second Circuit won't revive a suit lodged by six Jewish professors at the City University of New York claiming that a state law unlawfully requires them to associate with a union that they allege holds antisemitic views, ruling that the provision passes muster under the U.S. Constitution.
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March 18, 2024
A split Sixth Circuit panel refused Monday to reinstate a worker's lawsuit alleging she was fired from an Ohio sheriff's office because she has bipolar disorder, with a majority saying her inability to perform a core job duty left her outside federal disability law's reach.
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March 18, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has kept alive the crux of a former painter's suit alleging an industrial construction company illegally fired her after she tested positive for pot despite holding a medical marijuana card, finding her collective bargaining agreement doesn't bounce the claim from court.
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March 18, 2024
An Ohio state appeals court affirmed the Dayton Board of Education's early win in a race and sex bias suit brought against it by a Black former administrator, agreeing with the lower court that she failed to present any direct evidence of discrimination related to her departure.
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March 18, 2024
Tesla told a California federal court it has agreed to settle a Black former subcontractor's long-running suit alleging he faced rampant racist harassment at one of the carmaker's factories, ending a battle over how much Tesla would pay him after getting a massive damages award overturned.
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March 18, 2024
A Chicago-based attorney who represents Major Lindsey & Africa LLC in an ex-employee's New York sexual assault suit did not run afoul of court requirements by sending a letter demanding that she drop the claims, a judge held Monday.
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March 18, 2024
The Fourth Circuit's spring session will task the court with refereeing a power struggle between Virginia regulators and the authority that runs Washington, D.C.'s airports — stemming from a workplace amputation — and delving into the "honest belief" doctrine's role in a Family Medical Leave Act case.
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March 18, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a former Asia Pacific Airlines pilot's suit claiming he was punished for complaining that the company hired underqualified skippers, turning away his claim that the Ninth Circuit dismissed his case using an incorrect evidentiary standard.
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March 18, 2024
A municipal court administrator has hit back against the New Jersey state court system's claim that she is not an employee in its bid to escape a state lawsuit over a former judge's alleged sexual harassment.
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March 18, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a BASF Corp. engineer's suit claiming the chemical company unlawfully isolated him from colleagues and forced COVID-19 precautions on him, leaving in place a Fifth Circuit ruling that his unvaccinated status doesn't count as a disability.
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March 15, 2024
A former model claims photographer Marc Baptiste invited her to a photoshoot at his Manhattan studio, sexually assaulted her in front of the camera and then spread rumors about her that eventually forced her to abandon her career, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in New York state court.
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March 15, 2024
Administrators at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design failed to take action after an associate professor from China complained about years of what she believed was discriminatory treatment by a colleague, a lawsuit filed Friday in Massachusetts state court alleges.
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March 15, 2024
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a bill that would have barred employers from asking about a job applicant's salary history and required pay to be detailed in job listings, saying the measure would have been too burdensome on the state's small businesses.
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March 15, 2024
A Florida assisted living facility will pay $67,500 to end a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the company's owner questioned a Haitian would-be employee about voodoo and then rescinded her job offer, the agency announced Friday.
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March 15, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has erased a $15 million verdict won by a surgeon who said Thomas Jefferson University ignored his claims that a female resident sexually assaulted him, ruling that text messages he sent warranted a new trial.
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March 15, 2024
A Connecticut appeals court refused to reinstate a former teaching assistant's lawsuit accusing a nonprofit of firing her because she has epilepsy, which she treats with medicinal cannabis, saying she failed to overcome the organization's argument that she was fired for being high around children.
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March 15, 2024
A Michigan federal judge said Friday a jury should hear a 58-year-old former Detroit Tigers clubhouse manager's claims that he was fired because of his age, pointing to a record that could show his boss had a pattern of replacing older workers with younger ones.
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March 15, 2024
The Second Circuit this week will consider whether to revive suits brought by two former Buffalo Public Schools administrators who say they were improperly fired from their positions for allegedly failing to secure a required certification. Here, Law360 explores these cases on the docket in New York.
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March 15, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments before the full Ninth Circuit in a case by Uber, Postmates and two drivers challenging California's worker classification law. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in the state.
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March 14, 2024
An attorney for Welch Foods hatched a flock of duck-related metaphors Thursday during an oral argument over whether a male ex-worker's vulgar comments to a female coworker amounted to sexual harassment, and if an arbitrator had been wrong to reinstate the ex-worker despite the facts before her.
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March 14, 2024
Methodist Hospital of Dallas says it didn't retaliate against an employee who accused the hospital of undercounting patients who acquired conditions while hospitalized, asking a federal judge Wednesday to rule that it followed the Texas Health and Safety Code.
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March 14, 2024
The Office of the Denver District Attorney has settled a Colorado state court lawsuit with one of its former prosecutors, who alleged she was paid less than her male colleagues in similar roles, and the office disclosed Thursday it agreed to pay the attorney $7,500 to resolve the dispute.