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October 24, 2024
An automotive services company has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit in Michigan federal court claiming it failed to step in when a female worker complained that a male supervisor repeatedly propositioned her for sex.
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October 24, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Georgia federal court to uphold its new protections for foreign H-2A farmworkers, arguing that conservative-led states' bid to block its rule should fail because safeguarding foreign workers is key to ensuring better pay and conditions for American-born farmworkers.
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October 23, 2024
Mexican nationals accusing Kia and Hyundai units of failing to pay overtime have urged a Georgia federal court to grant them conditional certification for their fair labor collective action claims, saying there are others who likely also didn't get proper wages.
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October 23, 2024
A California federal jury on Wednesday awarded combined damages of more than $7.8 million to six former Bay Area Rapid Transit District employees after finding the rail agency committed religious discrimination by refusing to exempt them from a COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
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October 23, 2024
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday granted a judgment in favor of a law firm accused of firing its former human resources manager because she was pregnant, agreeing that the evidence presented at trial wasn't sufficient to prove a discrimination claim.
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October 23, 2024
A new law enshrining the principle of intersectionality in California's anti-discrimination statutes may lead to ripple effects in equal pay litigation and discourse, attorneys say, as courts will be more inclined to recognize that unequal pay can be driven by a combination of factors.
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October 23, 2024
Two New York City Council members introduced a bill Wednesday that would let workers use sick leave to care for pets and service animals, a novel move that one lawmaker said is meant to promote the health benefits of animal ownership.
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October 23, 2024
Texas and a conservative D.C. think tank told a federal court Wednesday it should block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from issuing workplace harassment guidance based on the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock decision, arguing the agency repeatedly misconstrued the ruling and exceeded its authority.
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October 23, 2024
The Eighth Circuit appeared skeptical Wednesday that Minnesota anti-discrimination protections extend to a Michigan-based remote employee, but the judges seemed at odds over whether court clarification is needed to flesh out when teleworkers generally merit the law's coverage.
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October 23, 2024
A former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs worker must return a $90,000 award she won in internal proceedings accusing a supervisor of sexual harassment, a Mississippi federal judge ruled, saying she must pay back the money because she lost a subsequent court case over the same allegations.
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October 23, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a former Norton Rose Fulbright IT worker's agreement to drop his lawsuit, which accused the firm of discriminating against the ex-employee when it fired him after he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine because he didn't feel peace with the Holy Spirit about being inoculated.
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October 23, 2024
A California appeals court revived a United Airlines flight attendant's sex bias suit claiming she was unlawfully fired for appearing in uniform on a social media page advertising her OnlyFans account, crediting her argument that male flight attendants didn't face the same consequences for similar behavior.
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October 23, 2024
An Illinois law firm has accused one of its former paralegals of attempting to stiff the firm for work it did settling his discrimination suit against the Chicago Bears, alleging that the erstwhile employee declined to file key paperwork and deleted critical files.
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October 23, 2024
Arxada and its general counsel struck back at a former in-house attorney's claims in a New Jersey state court lawsuit that the specialty chemicals company unlawfully dismissed her in the days after she talked about taking leave to recover from a miscarriage.
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October 23, 2024
Harvard University is intentionally protecting students and faculty accused of antisemitism and an assault on a Jewish student last year, "hoping this whole thing goes away," a lawyer for two student groups said during a hearing Wednesday on the Ivy League school's bid to end a second civil rights lawsuit.
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October 23, 2024
A New York state judge on Wednesday denied Harvey Weinstein a separate trial for his new sexual assault charge, ruling that he must face that allegation alongside his original indictment at a retrial that is now expected to begin in early 2025.
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October 22, 2024
A former press secretary for Republican lawmakers in the Connecticut House of Representatives failed to prevent or correct alleged workplace harassment that included cursing by waiting a year to report a key incident cited in her complaint, state House Republicans argued in an answer to the ex-spokesperson's discrimination lawsuit.
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October 22, 2024
A former human resources officer in the Southern District of Texas lodged a retaliation suit against the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, claiming she had to wait 100 days for her post-traumatic stress disorder-related accommodation request to be approved.
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October 22, 2024
A former Intel executive must reveal his name in his suit claiming the company fired him for complaining that his boss openly supported Hamas, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday, finding concerns of retaliation from Hamas or anti-Israel protesters are too speculative to justify anonymity.
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October 22, 2024
Elevance asked a Maine federal court to toss a worker's proposed class action alleging subsidiary Anthem violated healthcare nondiscrimination law by denying coverage for a weight loss drug to treat obesity, arguing the insurer's decision was based on her employer's plan exclusion and not bias.
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October 22, 2024
Employers need to be careful about their job advertisements on third-party platforms, attorneys said, as state pay range laws take different approaches to liability for such postings.
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October 22, 2024
The Ninth Circuit refused to reopen a former Sbarro employee's lawsuit claiming she was repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted by a manager and co-workers, ruling she hadn't identified any reversible error committed by the lower court during a jury trial that ended in a verdict favoring the company.
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October 22, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hasn't properly reported incidents of workplace antisemitism dating back to Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, a Republican senator said in a letter to the agency Tuesday requesting further data.
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October 22, 2024
For decades, a handful of New York-based law firms thoroughly dominated the national consciousness when it came to power, profitability and prestige. But in today's legal market, increased movement of partners and clients from one firm to the next has begun to shake things up and create opportunities for go-getters to ascend the ranks.
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October 22, 2024
Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractiveness to attorneys and law students, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media representation.