June 16, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has long preached the importance of looking primarily to the words of a statute to derive its meaning. Here's how lawyers for three fired workers homed in on that judicial philosophy to score the biggest LGBTQ rights victory since Obergefell.
June 15, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bans discrimination against LGBTQ people strengthens the argument that employee health plans must cover treatments for transgender workers, such as hormone-replacement therapy and gender-transition surgery.
June 15, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court handed LGBTQ employees a pivotal win Monday, ruling that a federal law banning gender bias protects workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
October 08, 2019
Justice Neil Gorsuch gave LGBTQ advocates a glimmer of hope Tuesday when he said sex "appears to be a factor" in decisions to fire gay workers, during closely watched U.S. Supreme Court arguments over whether federal law protects gay and transgender workers from discrimination.
October 07, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a trio of cases Tuesday asking whether federal law protects gay and transgender workers from discrimination, a battle that could lead to the biggest LGBTQ rights ruling since the high court's landmark decision legalizing gay marriage in 2015.
October 04, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term Monday, and while a closely watched LGBT rights case is expected to be the main event for workplace law observers, the high court has plenty of other notable employment cases on the docket. Here, experts look at a handful of pending employment cases attorneys ought to be keeping tabs on.
October 04, 2019
The Supreme Court will dive headlong into the 2019 term starting Monday with oral arguments in the biggest LGBTQ rights cases since Obergefell, but the justices will tackle other issues of interest to the legal industry as well, such as the USPTO's "radical" and "unprecedented" policy on attorney fees.
September 11, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for the U.S. solicitor general to participate in arguments next month in three cases involving whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act applies to discrimination against gay and transgender workers.
September 10, 2019
A trio of gay and transgender workers defended their stance that Title VII protects LGBTQ employees from job discrimination to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, arguing that the Trump administration's assertion otherwise ran afoul of the "plain text" of the statute.
August 23, 2019
Opponents of expanding Title VII to cover LGBT workers told the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of a Friday amicus brief deadline that a broad reading of the statute by the justices will lead to the violation of free speech rights for those who believe that sex is physiology-based and could result in women being disadvantaged.