April 03, 2023
The Ninth Circuit on Monday revived a Jehovah's Witness' religious discrimination suit over a California agency's refusal to modify a mandatory loyalty oath, saying it was premature to toss the case based on the agency's claim that cutting her slack would have been overly burdensome.
November 17, 2022
A religious discrimination battle over a California agency's refusal to make an exception to a policy requiring state employees to take a loyalty oath "might need" to be reinstated, a Ninth Circuit judge said during oral arguments Thursday.
November 10, 2022
In the coming week, California attorneys should watch for oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit in a case exploring whether revoking a job offer because a job candidate objected to a loyalty oath for religious reasons was discriminatory. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
October 28, 2022
In November, the Fifth Circuit will weigh whether alcoholism is protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Tenth Circuit will mull the threshold for bringing a retaliation case. Here, Law360 previews arguments in these and other cases that lawyers should keep an eye out for in the coming month.