September 08, 2020
As 2020 heads into its homestretch, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon kick off a new term under the cloud of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that will feature hot-button issues like religious accommodations for workers and class arbitration. Here, Law360 looks at four notable discrimination cases that will be on the high court's docket.
August 17, 2020
Tens of thousands of women who claim Sterling Jewelers improperly shorted them on pay and promotions pressed the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to turn aside the company's effort to limit when workers can pursue class arbitration, saying its legal rationale doesn't hold water.
July 17, 2020
The Supreme Court should make clear that class arbitration is allowed only when parties to an agreement explicitly authorize group arbitration, according to amicus briefs urging it to overturn a Second Circuit decision that let some 70,000 women into a long-running sex discrimination case against Sterling Jewelers.