State of Louisiana et al v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  1. August 14, 2024

    EEOC Can't End 2 States' Freeze Of Pregnant Worker Rule

    A Louisiana federal judge rejected the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to knock out an injunction blocking the agency from making two states and several religious groups require workplace accommodations for elective abortions, saying a June U.S. Supreme Court decision didn't upend his analysis.

  2. July 05, 2024

    5 Cases Against The EEOC To Watch In 2024's 2nd Half

    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. 

  3. June 20, 2024

    4 Discrimination Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2024

    Software vendor Workday is battling a suit over its artificial intelligence tools, Tesla is preparing for a sweeping race discrimination trial, lawyers for Southwest Airlines hope to dodge court-mandated religious bias training and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is defending its new pregnant worker rule. Here are four discrimination cases lawyers should keep an eye on in the latter half of 2024.

  4. June 18, 2024

    4 Takeaways From Rulings On EEOC Pregnant Worker Regs

    Two Republican states won an injunction blocking abortion-related parts of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's pregnant worker accommodation rule in their states days after another federal court rejected a similar challenge to the regulations — dueling decisions that may trigger parallel appeals, experts say. Here are four takeaways from the pair of recent rulings in challenges to the EEOC regulations.

  5. June 17, 2024

    EEOC Went Too Far With Pregnant Worker Rule, Judge Says

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission overstepped its authority by requiring workplace accommodations for "purely elective abortions," a Louisiana federal judge ruled Monday, handing two states and several religious groups a temporary reprieve from agency regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. 

  6. May 14, 2024

    States Accuse EEOC Of 'Smuggling' Abortion Into PWFA Rule

    Louisiana and Mississippi have sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeking to invalidate regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, claiming the agency's stance that employers must provide workers accommodations if they get an abortion flouts U.S. Supreme Court precedent and the PWFA itself.