Employment Litigation, Putative Class Actions, Job Applicants

AI Bias Lawsuit Against Workday Reaches Next Stage as Court Grants Conditional Certification of ADEA Claim

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 6/12/2025

A closely watched class and collective action against the HR management services company Workday, Inc. reached a new milestone recently, when the Northern District of California conditionally certified Age Discrimination in...more

The Best of Intentions: State Law Protections for Employee Cannabis Use May Not Protect Them After All

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/20/2024

While not enough blogs these days quote Toad the Wet Sprocket lyrics, a recent decision from a federal appellate court holding that a would-be employee can suffer negative employment consequences for cannabis use even when...more

Employer Did Not Violate FCRA By Providing Disclosure Along With Other Materials

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 5/21/2020

Luna v. Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport, Inc., 2020 WL 1969409 (9th Cir. 2020) - Leonard Luna filed this putative class action, alleging a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) because his former employer had...more

Complicating Simplicity: Ninth Circuit Requires Separate Stand-Alone Documents for Employment Background Checks

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/7/2019

Albert Einstein believed “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” The Ninth Circuit seems to agree. In Gilberg v. Cal. Check Cashing Stores, LLC, No. 17-16263, 2019 WL 347027 (Ninth Cir. Jan. 29,...more

The Seventh Circuit Finds No Standing in FCRA Case Based on Job Application Credit Reports

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/14/2017

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that allegations that prospective employers obtained consumer reports in technical violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act by themselves do not constitute a concrete...more

Employment Litigation › Putative Class Actions › Job Applicants

AI Bias Lawsuit Against Workday Reaches Next Stage as Court Grants Conditional Certification of ADEA Claim

The Best of Intentions: State Law Protections for Employee Cannabis Use May Not Protect Them After All

Employer Did Not Violate FCRA By Providing Disclosure Along With Other Materials

Complicating Simplicity: Ninth Circuit Requires Separate Stand-Alone Documents for Employment Background Checks

The Seventh Circuit Finds No Standing in FCRA Case Based on Job Application Credit Reports

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