July 25, 2024
The former mail carrier's lawsuit that prompted the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision retooling the requirements around religious accommodations is back in gear in district court, and experts say the outcome could offer much-needed guidance about how courts will apply the new standard.
July 23, 2024
An attorney for the Christian postal carrier whose lawsuit prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to strengthen workers' ability to secure faith-based workplace accommodations struggled Tuesday to convince a trial judge that the updated high court rules tie up the case in the worker's favor.
July 03, 2024
A diver will defend her win in a sex bias case before the Sixth Circuit, while the U.S. Postal Service and a Christian mailman who wanted Sundays off will cross swords in district court after the U.S. Supreme Court revived his case last summer. Here are four arguments that lawyers should have on their radar in July.
May 31, 2024
A group of Republican state attorneys general will urge a federal judge Monday to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to block regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and the Fifth Circuit will hear Southwest Airlines’ push to overturn an anti-abortion former flight attendant's win in her religious bias suit. Here are four June argument sessions discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.
April 01, 2024
A Christian postal worker who claimed he was unlawfully punished for seeking Sundays off should lose his religious bias case under the standard the U.S. Supreme Court set when it revived his case in 2023, a letter carriers union told a Pennsylvania federal judge.
March 01, 2024
The U.S. Postal Service urged a Pennsylvania federal court to toss a former mail carrier's religious discrimination suit following its trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing his request to skip Sunday work caused an excessive burden on the agency under the high court's clarified standard.