The Walt Disney Co. agreed to pay $43.25 million to settle a class action claiming the entertainment giant paid thousands of women in middle management less than their male colleagues, according to a filing in California court.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's long-awaited guidance on workplace harassment that was finalized earlier this year will likely be on the chopping block after President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, but experts say rescinding it immediately won't be a realistic option for his second administration. Here, Law360 previews what the guidance’s near future may look like.
Conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill have launched a fervent campaign to bar transgender people from bathrooms that match their gender identity, but experts say inclusive facilities don't cause problems in private workplaces and employers shouldn't be policing restrooms.
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The Walt Disney Co. agreed to pay $43.25 million to settle a class action claiming the entertainment giant paid thousands of women in middle management less than their male colleagues, according to a filing in California court.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's long-awaited guidance on workplace harassment that was finalized earlier this year will likely be on the chopping block after President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, but experts say rescinding it immediately won't be a realistic option for his second administration. Here, Law360 previews what the guidance’s near future may look like.
Conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill have launched a fervent campaign to bar transgender people from bathrooms that match their gender identity, but experts say inclusive facilities don't cause problems in private workplaces and employers shouldn't be policing restrooms.
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November 26, 2024
A former DraftKings engineer alleges the sports betting company fired him after he requested parental leave despite positive reviews, violating the Family and Medical Leave Act, according to a lawsuit removed to Massachusetts federal court.
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November 26, 2024
A Texas lawyer pursuing a wrongful termination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been sanctioned for submitting a brief that included citations to nonexistent cases generated by an artificial intelligence tool, a Texas federal judge ordered this week.
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November 26, 2024
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP was hit with a disability discrimination lawsuit on Monday by a Denver attorney who says she was pushed out after seeking accommodations for hip problems.
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November 26, 2024
A former Regeneron Pharmaceuticals director asked a New York federal court not to toss her suit, saying she put forward sufficient details to back up her accusations that she was fired for lodging a complaint about her supervisor's abuse and requesting a flexible schedule to care for her daughter.
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November 26, 2024
Jackson Lewis PC has expanded its counseling and litigation offerings in Florida with the addition of an attorney from FordHarrison LLP.
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November 26, 2024
Discovery and damages in a former Reed Smith LLP labor and employment attorney's suit claiming gender discrimination will be limited to the effective date of New Jersey equal pay law, a state judge ruled, saying the law doesn't apply retroactively.
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November 25, 2024
A model who appeared as a contestant on "America's Next Top Model" sued Universal Music Group Inc. and Ye in New York federal court on Friday, alleging the rapper choked and sexually assaulted her during a music video shoot at the Chelsea Hotel in 2010.
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November 25, 2024
Longtime talk show host Charlie Rose reached a confidential settlement Sunday to end claims he sexually harassed three former CBS News staffers, averting a looming jury trial set for the next day in New York state court.
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November 25, 2024
A Black ex-clinical director told a Washington state jury Monday that a Seattle hospital owes him millions of dollars for failing to address a "culture of racism" targeting him and the patients of color he advocated for while leading a clinic with a purported mission of advancing equity.
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November 25, 2024
Boston University urged a federal court Monday to dismiss a former employee's allegations about a sexual harassment complaint investigation against him, arguing that the toss of a duty of fair representation claim against a Service Employees International Union affiliate spells the end of the suit.
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November 25, 2024
A Missouri state judge rejected a legal challenge to the state's ban on providing gender-affirming care to minors and adults, finding Monday the court should defer to the Legislature given that challengers hadn't proven the restrictions violated the U.S. Constitution.
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November 25, 2024
The Third Circuit revived a lawsuit Monday from a fired restaurant worker who said his gender and Turkish heritage earned him undesirable work assignments, saying his case may have been tossed based on a typographical error on his presuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge.
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November 25, 2024
A Florida federal jury backed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a lawsuit claiming it unlawfully created three women-only assignments at the Port of Tampa, finding the agency had a legitimate reason based on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection policy mandating same-gender searches of passengers.
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November 25, 2024
The California Privacy Protection Agency on Friday opened the public comment period for its latest rulemaking package proposing expansive draft rules regulating technologies fueled by artificial intelligence — including in the employment, education, healthcare, consumer protection, banking and insurance contexts — which business groups have already criticized as being overly broad and burdensome.
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November 25, 2024
The Seventh Circuit said a Black call center worker can't revive her suit claiming Charles Schwab blocked her from career advancements because of her race, ruling that an attorney's error led her to file the case too late, preventing the court from granting her any leeway.
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November 25, 2024
A former sales representative for plumbing supply retailer F.W. Webb Co. says he was forced out of the company after providing a statement to Massachusetts investigators backing up a Black co-worker's discrimination complaint, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in state court.
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November 25, 2024
Quarles & Brady LLP has brought on a pair of Buchalter PC employment attorneys as partners in its San Diego office, marking the Milwaukee-based firm's latest expansion in the Golden State since arriving there through a merger nearly two years ago.
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November 25, 2024
Fox Rothschild LLP has resolved a discrimination lawsuit with a former head of its corporate department who claimed he was pushed out of the firm after nearly three decades because of his age, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed Monday in New Jersey state court.
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November 25, 2024
Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP asked an Idaho federal judge to dismiss a former paralegal's claims that it retaliated against her for lodging bias complaints and stiffed her on wages.
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November 25, 2024
A California appeals court sided with the University of Southern California in an orthopedic surgeon's suit claiming he was improperly suspended after slapping a female resident, ruling the trial court was right to find he failed to challenge the punishment in a timely manner.
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November 22, 2024
Wells Fargo's former global head of resiliency and continuity sued for gender discrimination in New York federal court on Thursday, saying that despite once being celebrated as "the future of Wells Fargo," her boss repeatedly favored male employees over her and other female employees.
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November 22, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday appeared unlikely to affirm a lower court's ruling to invalidate a Florida state law banning Medicaid payments for gender-affirming medical care, with two judges on the panel asking attorneys for specifics about additional analysis of discriminatory factors on a potential remand.
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November 22, 2024
A federal judge said a Tennessee county can't overturn a deputy clerk's nearly $6 million jury win in her case alleging her boss threatened to fire her or block pay raises if she didn't give in to his sexual advances, ruling her "ample evidence" justified the verdict.
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November 22, 2024
A Duke University-affiliated health network fired a radiology technologist just three days after she disclosed she was pregnant with her second child, according to a lawsuit in North Carolina federal court.
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November 22, 2024
A California federal judge trimmed a former Blackberry executive's lawsuit claiming she was fired for reporting that the company's CEO sexually harassed her before he assumed the top job, saying she hadn't done enough to bolster her pay discrimination allegation or her discrimination claim against the CEO.