July 27, 2017
The company that employs workers at the Seasons 52 grill-and-wine-bar chain told a Florida federal court Wednesday that a suit alleging it discriminates against workers over the age of 40 should be partly tossed because a statute of limitations bars claims involving restaurants opened before a certain date.
July 13, 2017
Federal regulators and a national chain of restaurants each moved for summary judgment Wednesday in a case alleging the businesses intentionally discriminated against hiring employees over the age of 40.
March 07, 2017
A Florida federal judge on Monday said Seyfarth Shaw LLP must pay $500 out of pocket for subpar discovery answers during its representation of Darden Restaurants Inc. in a hiring bias lawsuit by the EEOC, but awarded nearly $20,000 to Darden for the retrieval of text messages for the agency that proved to be a futile exercise.
January 13, 2017
A Florida federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission two more months to show Darden Restaurants Inc. discriminates against older job applicants after the company provided a swath of previously undisclosed hiring data Thursday, days before the EEOC's expert analysis was due.
November 04, 2016
A Florida federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is not immune from discovery in the agency's age discrimination lawsuit against Darden Restaurants Inc., saying there are some narrowly tailored topics regarding information gathered for the case that Darden would be allowed to explore in a deposition.
June 02, 2016
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday partially granted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's request to strike some of Darden Restaurants Inc.'s affirmative defenses against an age discrimination lawsuit, finding the company can't use the EEOC's alleged failure to conciliate or failure of applicants to exhaust administrative remedies as defenses.
May 24, 2016
A Florida federal judge has granted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's request to split an age discrimination lawsuit against Darden Restaurants Inc. into two different phases, the first of which would determine whether the company maintains a policy of discriminating against older workers.
November 09, 2015
Darden Restaurants lost a bid Monday a bid to nix an age discrimination suit filed in federal court in Florida by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of job applicants, over age 40, at Seasons 52 restaurants.
November 03, 2015
A Florida federal judge ruled Tuesday that two individuals denied jobs at Darden Restaurants Inc. may not intervene in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's age discrimination putative class action against the company, saying they are barred from doing so since it has already been brought on their behalf.
April 01, 2015
Darden Restaurants Inc. asked a Florida federal judge to deny a motion to intervene by two individuals denied jobs at Darden's Seasons 52 restaurant chain, saying Wednesday that their attempts are futile because the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has already sued on their behalf.