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EEOC v. Freeman
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8:09-cv-02573
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September 08, 2015
EEOC Told Settle Up With $1M Atty Fees In Failed Bias Suit
Citing Kenny Rogers' classic song "The Gambler," a Maryland federal judge on Friday ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay about $1 million in attorneys' fees to event services company Freeman in a failed background check bias suit, saying the EEOC didn't know "when to fold 'em."
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July 20, 2015
Freeman Digs In For $1.7M Attys Fees After EEOC Victory
Event services company Freeman pressed a Maryland federal judge Monday for $1.7 million in attorneys fees from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after successfully defending its background check bias suit, blasting the EEOC's evidence in the case as having a "mind-boggling" number of errors.
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May 19, 2015
EEOC Says Freeman Not Entitled To $1.7M Attys' Fees
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday in a Maryland federal court slammed event services company Freeman's bid for nearly $1.7 million in fees incurred defending the EEOC's background check bias suit, saying its suit was not frivolous and therefore Freeman isn't entitled to fees.
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April 21, 2015
$1.7M In Fees Sought For EEOC Background Check Suit
Event services company Freeman urged a Maryland federal court Tuesday to award it nearly $1.7 million in fees incurred defending a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission background check bias suit, saying the agency should have dropped the case because of worthless expert evidence.
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November 07, 2013
EEOC Appeals Loss Of Background Check Bias Case
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission appealed to the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday a Maryland federal judge's dismissal of a suit alleging event planner Freeman's background checks on would-be employees discriminated against applicants based on race and gender.
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August 09, 2013
Promoter Escapes EEOC's Background-Check Bias Suit
A Maryland federal judge on Friday tossed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's putative class action against event promoter Freeman, saying the commission couldn't prove the company's use of credit and criminal background checks in its hiring process discriminated against candidates based on race and gender.