Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 4, 2019, in Woods-Early v. Corning Corp., Case No. 18-CV-6162, a race discrimination class action, Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: For the first time since 1998, the EEOC has updated its enforcement guidance on retaliation claims brought under the various anti-discrimination laws the Commission is charged with enforcing. Observing...more
9/2/2016
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Adverse Employment Action ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Causation ,
EEO ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay Act ,
GINA ,
New Guidance ,
Protected Activity ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retaliation ,
Title VII
Seyfarth Synopsis: With the publication of a ten-year review of its systemic discrimination program on July 7, 2016, the EEOC seeks to blunt employer and judicial scrutiny of the EEOC’s litigation practices by emphasizing its...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a landmark case for EEOC litigation involving fee sanctions, while employer CRST successfully argued that a ruling “on-the-merits” is not necessary to be a prevailing party, the SCOTUS remanded the case...more
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc.
Involving the largest fee sanction award ever levied against the EEOC – nearly $4.7 million – EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc....more
In high-stakes litigation brought by the EEOC against trucking company CRST Van Expedited, Inc., (“CRST”), CRST recently submitted its final reply brief before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral argument in the case later this...more
As we recently blogged here, EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc. is an important case on the Supreme Court’s docket that employers absolutely need to monitor. At issue is whether attorneys’ fees are appropriate in instances...more
As we blogged earlier this week, the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13 has sent shockwaves throughout the halls of power in Washington, D.C. The balance within the U.S. Supreme Court between...more
EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc. is a key case for all employers.
We have been tracking the developments in this case since its inception. Now it has reached the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of whether attorneys’...more
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Mach Mining v. EEOC, 135 S.Ct. 1645 (2015), which held that a judge may review whether the EEOC satisfied its statutory obligation to attempt conciliation before filing...more
In a new order issued on November 13, 2015 in Brand, et al. v. Comcast Corp., Case No. 11-CV-8471 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 13, 2015), a matter we have previously blogged on here, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court...more
In an order recently issued in James Robinson III, et al. v. General Motors Company, et al., Case No. 15-CV-158-Y (N.D. Tex. Oct. 21, 2015), Judge Terry R. Means of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas...more
10/29/2015
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
General Motors ,
Injunctions ,
Leave to Amend ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Unpaid Leave
In an order recently issued in EEOC v Jetstream Ground Services, Inc., Case No. 13-CV-02340 (D. Colo. Sept. 29, 2015), Judge Christine Arguello of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado ruled that the EEOC had...more
10/9/2015
/ Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Dress Codes ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Estoppel ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Genuine Issue of Material Fact ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Judicial Review ,
Laches ,
Muslims ,
Popular ,
Protected Activity ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII ,
Undue Burden
In an order recently issued in EEOC v J.R. Baker Farms, LLC, et al., Case No. 7:14-CV-136 (M.D. Ga. Sept. 9, 2015), Senior Judge Hugh Lawson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia compelled the EEOC to...more
9/16/2015
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Class Action ,
Class Members ,
Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Foreign Workers ,
FRCP 23 ,
Mach Mining ,
Mach Mining v EEOC ,
Motions to Quash ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Rule 30(b)(6) ,
Title VII ,
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