December 08, 2023
A split Second Circuit panel on Friday breathed new life into a suit claiming a technology firm's policy against hiring former felons discriminates against Black workers, ruling a trial court erred when it refused to let Black applicants leading the case include statistics uncovered after a previous appeal.
May 04, 2023
Two Black job applicants' push to revive their race discrimination case over a technology firm's policy against hiring felons ran into tough questions Thursday from a Second Circuit judge who batted down their claims in a prior appeal.
April 28, 2023
Two workers who say they were denied jobs at an information technology company because of their criminal convictions will argue at the Second Circuit this week as they seek to revive their claims after a lower court denied their attempt to amend their complaint based on new statistics. Here, Law360 looks at that case and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in the state.