September 24, 2024
The Eighth Circuit appeared to be wrestling Tuesday with whether a group of red states had the right to sue over the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recently finalized pregnant worker regulations, as the states pushed for revival of their challenge to abortion-related components of the rule.
September 23, 2024
The Eighth Circuit will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to reopen a challenge from 17 Republican state attorneys general over abortion-related parts of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Here are three things to know as the appeals court tackles the case.
September 05, 2024
Democratic attorneys general and workers groups have backed the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission through amicus briefs at the Eighth Circuit as the agency fights a red state challenge of its rule allowing workers to seek abortion-related accommodations. Here's a look at the arguments the rule's backers are deploying at the appeals court.
September 03, 2024
The Eighth Circuit will consider reviving a red state challenge to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations, and the Eleventh Circuit will decide whether to let Florida bar a transgender teacher from sharing her preferred pronouns and title at work. Here, Law360 looks at four argument sessions employment discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in September.
July 22, 2024
A group of Republican state attorneys general urged the Eighth Circuit to revive their lawsuit challenging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations, arguing courts shouldn't defer to the agency's interpretation of the law under fresh U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
July 05, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finalized regulations governing the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and published long-anticipated guidance for combating workplace harassment this year, triggering lawsuits from Republican attorneys general and religious groups. Here's a look at a quintet of suits challenging those EEOC policy moves.
June 26, 2024
The Eighth Circuit declined to block U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act while several Republican state attorneys general challenge the dismissal of their suit targeting the rule's abortion coverage.