On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, became the latest federal circuit to rule that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bristol-Meyers Squibb...more
7/11/2025
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An employer who waits too long to object that a plaintiff failed to file a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) before filing a lawsuit under Title VII may have waived that...more
6/6/2019
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