October 31, 2024
A Washington federal judge hinted Thursday a former municipal employee's suit claiming Seattle's workplace diversity training discriminated against him as a white man might not have enough detail to survive, as the city's attorneys accused the plaintiff of trying to dismantle its racial justice initiative.
August 19, 2024
The city of Seattle has argued that a white ex-employee can't prevail in his discrimination claims over its workplace diversity programming, telling a Washington federal judge the worker was never disciplined or demoted despite his "increasingly aggressive and inappropriate attacks on coworkers" who supported the racial justice initiative.
August 29, 2023
A Washington federal judge has narrowed the scope of an ex-city of Seattle employee's lawsuit contending the city's diversity initiatives amounted to racial discrimination against him as a white man, allowing his equal protection and hostile work environment claims to advance while deeming some of his allegations time-barred.
March 13, 2023
The city of Seattle has asked a federal court to toss a white ex-employee's discrimination lawsuit against the city over its diversity training, saying he can't claim he was singled out when the training was mandated for all staff members.
December 01, 2022
A Georgia federal jury dealt the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a loss in a suit accusing a medical center of unlawfully firing a worker who wanted time off to treat her anxiety, and Seattle was sued by a former employee who claimed the city's workplace equity and diversity trainings spurred hostility against white people. Here, Law360 looks at four litigation developments from November that flew under the radar.