August 16, 2019
The Trump administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that Title VII's ban on sex discrimination shouldn't be stretched to include gender identity, marking its latest break with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's position that the law protects both gay and transgender workers.
August 15, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court term that will kick off this fall includes a blockbuster trio of employment cases that hinge on whether Title VII’s ban on sex discrimination extends to bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Here, Law360 looks at five precedential decisions that have shaped the legal landscape and will likely factor into the justices' eventual ruling.
July 03, 2019
Leading businesses, prominent Republican ex-officials, advocacy groups and others were part of a chorus of voices that weighed in ahead of a Wednesday amicus brief deadline and urged the U.S. Supreme Court to declare that federal law shields gay and transgender workers from discrimination.
June 26, 2019
The gay and transgender workers behind a trio of U.S. Supreme Court cases asking whether federal law shields LGBTQ workers from job discrimination filed their opening briefs Wednesday, arguing that Title VII's ban on gender-based bias covers them.
May 03, 2019
Though it's anyone's guess how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the question of whether LGBT workers are protected by Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination, experts say Chief Justice John Roberts will likely be the one who casts the deciding vote in what's expected to be a blockbuster 5-4 decision.
April 22, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a trio of closely watched cases that hinge on whether gay and transgender workers are protected from discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
January 07, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday pushed back a closely watched trio of petitions asking whether federal workplace discrimination law protects LGBT workers, relisting them for consideration at its upcoming judicial conference Friday after having failed to act on them following its most recent conference last week.
January 01, 2019
Employers will be keeping a close eye on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019, watching to see if the justices agree to take up three cases that could define the scope of protections for LGBT workers under Title VII and waiting for a high court ruling on when class arbitration is permissible. Here, Law360 looks at the cases experts say employment lawyers ought to have on their radar.
August 16, 2018
A deceased skydiving instructor's estate urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject an appeal of the Second Circuit's decision that workplace sexual orientation bias lies within Title VII's reach, saying the instructor's former employer may no longer be a proper party to his wrongful termination suit since the company is now defunct.