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The Supreme Court “Clarifies” ADA Title I Protections for Retired Workers

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 7/2/2025

On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Stanley v. City of Sanford, No. 23-997, addressing the scope of protections available to retired workers under Title I of the Americans with...more

Supreme Court Rejects Requirement that Majority-Plaintiffs Must Satisfy Heightened Evidentiary Standard to Prevail Under Title VII

Poyner Spruill LLP on 6/11/2025

On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, concluding that courts cannot require members of a majority group to satisfy a heightened evidentiary...more

Supreme Court Denies Review of Statute of Limitations for Section 1981 Discrimination Claims

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/6/2025

On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision interpreting the limitations period for filing lawsuits under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. ...more

President Trump’s “Rescission” Executive Order

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/22/2025

Among the executive orders issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025, was one titled Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (the “Order”). The Order’s stated purpose is to retract what it describes...more

2024 Employment Year-End Roundup

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/13/2025

INTRODUCTION - The year 2024 brought significant developments to a wide range of employment law areas, from anti-discrimination and retaliation law to labor issues. Federal courts across the country expanded the rights of...more

Class Action Trends Report Winter 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/16/2022

In this issue of the Class Action Trends Report, Jackson Lewis attorneys look back at class action developments in 2021, including COVID-19 vaccine mandate litigation, significant procedural decisions, wage and hour suits,...more

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Removes An Important Wrench From The Defendants’ Toolbox For Defeating Employment Discrimination Class...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/21/2016

On January 20, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an important ruling that will affect employers’ ability to defend against a variety of lawsuits brought as class actions, including employment discrimination,...more

The ADA Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary – A Look Back at the Development of the Act

BakerHostetler on 8/3/2015

Twenty-five years ago this week, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) was enacted into law with its stated purpose being “to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination...more

Same-Sex Marriage and Employment Discrimination: The Future of Sexual Orientation Bias Claims

Baker Donelson on 7/15/2015

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country. In Oberfell v. Hodges, the Court held that Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment – commonly referred to as the Equal...more

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