December 19, 2016
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday told an Iowa federal court to reject a trucking company's request that nearly $1 million in fees be added to an ongoing fee dispute stemming from the agency's failed pursuit of sexual harassment claims, pointing out that the issue is still before the Eighth Circuit.
December 15, 2015
An Iowa federal judge refused Monday to revive the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's sexual harassment lawsuit against a trucking company, rejecting the agency's argument that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarified its presuit obligations and justified reopening a portion of the suit.
September 29, 2015
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is trying to dodge responsibility for forcing CRST Van Expedited Inc. to incur "unjustified" legal fees in a sexual harassment suit, CRST said Tuesday, urging an Iowa federal court to award it nearly $2.5 million in fees and costs.
September 15, 2015
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged an Iowa federal court Tuesday to reject CRST Van Expedited Inc.'s bid for $2.5 million in fees and costs incurred defending a sexual harassment case in which the Eighth Circuit nixed a $4.7 million fee award for CRST in December.
July 28, 2015
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to revive dozens of sexual harassment claims against CRST Van Expedited Inc. based on the U.S. Supreme Court's Mach Mining opinion takes a "distorted" view of the high court's decision, CRST told an Iowa federal court Monday.
February 23, 2015
The full Eighth Circuit on Friday declined to rehear a panel decision overturning a $4.7 million fee award against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a sexual harassment case brought against CRST Van Expedited Inc., which had argued that the ruling conflicted with court precedent.
September 30, 2013
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday it will appeal a district court order for the agency to shell out $4.7 million to CRST Van Expedited Inc., for attorneys' fees and expenses incurred in its defense against sweeping sexual harassment claims.
August 02, 2013
An Iowa federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pick up the tab for $4.7 million in attorneys' fees and expenses CRST Van Expedited Inc. incurred fighting sweeping sexual harassment claims the court found "unreasonable or groundless."
April 30, 2013
A sweeping U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission harassment case against CRST Van Expedited Inc. led to one of the worst defeats in the agency's history, CRST told an Iowa federal court Tuesday, reiterating its request for $5.5 million in fees and expenses it incurred fighting the suit.
April 17, 2013
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged an Iowa federal court Tuesday to reject CRST Van Expedited Inc.'s bid for $5.5 million in fees and costs incurred fighting sweeping sexual harassment claims, arguing that the case wasn't frivolous and that the agency, not CRST, had prevailed.