February 03, 2025
The University of Alabama at Birmingham can't escape a former researcher's lawsuit claiming she was disciplined for not working while on leave to care for her daughter in the Marines Corps, the Eleventh Circuit said Monday, ruling states don't have sovereign immunity to military-related provisions of federal family leave law.
September 26, 2024
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to reverse a lower court order allowing a former research associate's Family and Medical Leave Act complaint to proceed, arguing that it's entitled to sovereign immunity under the military caregiver provision of the law.