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October 02, 2024
A former Giphy engineer alleged in New York federal court that her male colleagues earned over $2 million more than she did after Meta, and later Shutterstock, took over the online database for animated GIFs, despite her complaints that she was being undervalued.
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October 02, 2024
A generator manufacturer has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Labor $500,000 after the agency uncovered what it said was discrimination against Black and Native American applicants in the federal contractor's hiring processes.
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October 02, 2024
A Michigan federal magistrate judge has ordered an automotive services company to turn over certain emails sought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a sexual harassment suit, saying only portions can be redacted due to attorney-client privilege.
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October 02, 2024
Litigation financing company LexShares Inc. urged a Massachusetts federal court to throw out a Black former CEO's suit, arguing that his racial discrimination claim against two board members who helped him acquire the company "defies common sense."
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October 02, 2024
Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. said it is entitled to reimbursement for its $1.9 million portion of a $3.5 million settlement paid to resolve a sexual abuse suit against a California high school, telling a federal court that a school risk-sharing pool insurer is solely liable for the payment.
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October 02, 2024
A cosmetic surgery provider accused by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of firing a surgical sales coordinator who asked to work remotely after being diagnosed with breast cancer during the coronavirus pandemic denied all wrongdoing in a filing Tuesday, saying the worker actually resigned after learning her position couldn't be done remotely.
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October 02, 2024
A Chicago water management employee who contends she was passed over for a 2018 promotion because she's a Bulgarian woman in her 50s couldn't overcome the city's explanation that she didn't have the right experience, the Seventh Circuit ruled in affirming the defeat of the suit.
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October 01, 2024
A New York federal judge on Monday threw out a long-running class action alleging that Lyft fails to offer adequate wheelchair-accessible vehicle options for riders in the vast majority of its service regions, finding that the plaintiffs' proposed modifications for increasing accessibility aren't reasonable.
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October 01, 2024
Premier Healthcare and University of Louisville Health face an age discrimination suit filed Monday in North Carolina federal court by a former employee who alleges he experienced a hostile work environment and that younger colleagues subjected him to derogatory comments, including "boomer" and "dumb son of a bitch," that went unaddressed.
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October 01, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched about 30 new cases as its fiscal year drew to a close, underscoring long-standing agency priorities like protecting underage workers from harassment and making sure deaf workers get fair treatment. Here's a rundown of that wave of lawsuits.
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October 01, 2024
A Georgia county told the Eleventh Circuit on Monday that a health plan coverage exclusion for gender-affirming surgery is comparable to other exclusions in coverage and does not violate federal anti-discrimination laws.
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October 01, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will urge the D.C. Circuit to revive a bias suit from a government worker who said her union mishandled a grievance she filed, while a Black attorney will urge the appellate court to reinstate his race bias case against Morrison Foerster LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in October.
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October 01, 2024
Meta was sued in New York state court on Tuesday by an employee who claims the tech giant failed to assist him when a former colleague began stalking and harassing him — and then accidentally rehired the co-worker.
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October 01, 2024
Attorneys for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Hooters got a dressing down Tuesday by a federal judge in North Carolina who accused them of dragging their feet and wasting the court's time by asking for deadline extensions without making meaningful progress.
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October 01, 2024
The co-owner for a bankrupt Pittsburgh hotel almost lost his lawyer Tuesday, arriving late and introducing himself to the attorney for the first time in person at a hearing on the attorney's motion to withdraw from defending him against an ex-employee's age bias claim.
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October 01, 2024
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's spokesperson hit Wigdor LLP with a malicious prosecution suit Tuesday, claiming the well-known employment law firm filed a bogus retaliation claim against him for likening a sexual harassment suit against Cuomo to extortion.
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October 01, 2024
Two Louisiana-based energy companies failed to address male workers' racist and sexually explicit behavior toward Black female truck drivers and fired anyone who complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit.
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October 01, 2024
A technology services provider in Ohio will pay $15,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation discovered reasonable cause to believe it denied women employment opportunities based on their sex, the agency said.
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September 30, 2024
A former Cognizant employee testifying for a class of former workers alleging the company is biased in favor of Indian employees corrected an attorney on Monday when asked if she "felt excluded" at the company, insisting, "Well, I was excluded."
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September 30, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill enshrining intersectionality in the state's anti-discrimination laws, making California the first state in the country to explicitly recognize the concept, the governor's office announced over the weekend.
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September 30, 2024
Kent State University defeated a transgender associate professor's lawsuit alleging the professor was denied a promotion and a tenure transfer because of the professor's gender identity, with an Ohio federal judge ruling that the professor hadn't shown the school's actions had a material impact on the professor's employment.
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September 30, 2024
A Native American former professor at the University of North Carolina has taken the school to federal court for allegedly recording his lectures without his consent and terminating him in retaliation for his public comments criticizing what he says is a lack of proper diversity initiatives at the university.
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September 30, 2024
The federal government has agreed to pay $22.6 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging the Federal Bureau of Investigation drove out female trainees by targeting them with unfair discipline, the former trainees behind the case said Monday.
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September 30, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a Florida resort Monday for alleged discrimination for firing a female line cook who requested time off to recover from a stillbirth, saying the former employee qualified for accommodations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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September 30, 2024
An insurer for the city of Miami sought to maintain its action seeking reimbursement of $5 million for expenses incurred in defending the city and one of its commissioners against underlying lawsuits alleging political retaliation, arguing that it didn't "commingle" claims regarding its potential defense and indemnification obligations.