February 26, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court hinted Wednesday that it will find heterosexual bias claims should not be held to a stricter burden of proof when it decides if an Ohio agent discriminated against a worker because she's straight, with Justice Samuel Alito noting "radical agreement" among the parties that the Sixth Circuit held her to a higher standard than other Title VII plaintiffs.
February 25, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case Wednesday that will likely help set the stage for a "perfect storm" of litigation if the justices decide to ease the path for plaintiffs from majority groups, at a time when workplace diversity programs are already taking fire from the Trump administration.
February 21, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to debate whether majority-group plaintiffs should be held to higher evidentiary standards when bringing workplace discrimination claims and whether prisoners are entitled to jury trials when questions about pre-suit requirements are intertwined with the merits of their claims.
December 20, 2024
The federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a heterosexual Ohio state employee's lawsuit claiming supervisors' bias toward LGBTQ workers cost her a promotion, saying the Sixth Circuit erred in holding she needed to show a pattern of prejudice against straight people to support her case.
October 04, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review a discrimination lawsuit by a former Ohio Department of Youth Services worker claiming she was denied a promotion and then demoted for being heterosexual while LGBTQ candidates were advanced.