Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent case out of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the Court dismissed wrongful termination and violation of public policy claims brought by employees refusing an employer’s...more
Seyfarth Synopsis – Following a familiar fact pattern, after a named Plaintiff filed a putative class action in Bird, et al. v. Barr, No. 19-CV-1581 (D.D.C. July 23, 2020), she complained that the defendant employer...more
8/11/2020
/ Corporate Counsel ,
FBI ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Jurisdiction ,
Labor Disputes ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Motion To Enjoin ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retaliation ,
Sex Discrimination
Seyfarth Synopsis: For nearly a decade, the aftershocks of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes have curtailed the success of plaintiffs attempting to certify class discrimination claims in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In Rusis, et al. v. Int’l Bus. Machines Corp., No. 18 Civ. 8434, 2020 WL 1151322, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently declined to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Google’s recent travails with simultaneous traditional and “reverse” discrimination claims signal a new era of dynamic employment discrimination risk. Employers will be wise to consider the push and pull...more
6/25/2019
/ Affirmative Action ,
Bias ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Google ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour