May 02, 2022
A settlement has been reached in a suit by a Black attorney adviser who said the Federal Communications Commission passed her up for a promotion because of her race, but details are still being worked out, a Washington, D.C., federal judge heard Monday.
September 27, 2021
The Federal Communications Commission wants to end a seven-year-old racial bias suit after a D.C. federal court's decision to declare a mistrial in a case that had been filed against the agency by a Black attorney adviser who said the agency passed her up for a promotion because of her race.
September 13, 2021
A Black attorney adviser has moved to replace her longtime counsel with two lawyers from the employment law firm Alan Lescht & Associates PC following a D.C. federal court's decision to declare a mistrial in her racial bias dispute against the Federal Communications Commission.
August 31, 2021
After two days of deliberations, a D.C. federal jury was unable to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission passed up a Black attorney adviser for a promotion because of her race and the court declared a mistrial.
August 18, 2021
A D.C. federal judge balked at a request to tweak jury instructions just minutes before arguments began Wednesday in a trial concerning a Black Federal Communications Commission attorney adviser's claims that the agency denied her opportunities for promotion because of her race and Haitian descent, calling the last-minute bid "fundamentally unfair" to the defendant.
March 04, 2020
A D.C. federal judge seemed none too pleased Wednesday with the Federal Communications Commission's request to tweak his jury instructions ahead of a trial over claims the agency passed up an employee for promotion because she was black.
September 12, 2019
The Federal Communications Commission can't avoid an attorney adviser's claims that the agency passed her over for a promotion to be acting deputy division chief because of her Haitian descent, a District of Columbia federal judge ruled Thursday.