A federal judge in Alabama held that a hospital supply employee's account of a year of unwanted touching, threatening comments, and appearance-based remarks by his female supervisor did not clear Title VII's hostile-work-environment bar.
A federal judge granted summary judgment to Syracuse University after a custodian alleged the school punished him for taking intermittent FMLA leave to care for his husband's anxiety and depression by barring him from attending classes on days he used that...
A federal magistrate judge denied summary judgment to an oilfield services company that argued its former worker forfeited his retaliation claim by failing to list it in bankruptcy schedules, holding there is a genuine factual dispute over whether the...
A federal judge in Maryland has denied a motion to dismiss brought by construction employers accused of failing to pay required contributions to multiemployer pension and welfare funds, allowing the funds’ claims for delinquent payments, liquidated damages...
A federal judge denied Dollar General's bid to dismiss a hostile work environment claim brought by a former store employee who alleged her supervisor made repeated sexual advances and racially disparaging comments about her Black husband and biracial children.
A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss claims that The Center for Internet Security fired an employee after his supervisor allegedly grew hostile toward his anxiety, depression, and back-injury accommodations — but the ruling turned entirely on...
A federal judge dismissed all discrimination claims brought by a former New York state juvenile-facility employee but gave him 30 days to file an amended complaint.
Judge Julie Rebecca Rubin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied Silverlud, Inc.’s motion to dismiss an employment lawsuit alleging tip credit violations and the issuance of false tax returns.
A federal judge in Maryland held that a registered nurse's claims that she was fired for refusing to let her employer misuse her nursing license to deceive regulators are sufficient to proceed under the Maryland Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection...
Judge Roslyn O Silver of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona denied Costco Wholesale Corporation’s motion for summary judgment in a Title VII lawsuit brought by Sarah Hansen Colwell, a Black pharmacist of Middle Eastern national origin.
A federal judge in Arizona held that a former State Farm claims team manager failed to raise triable issues on her Title VII race discrimination and retaliation claims, granting the insurer summary judgment on all counts.
A Northern District of Illinois judge granted summary judgment on most employment discrimination claims brought by two Black executives against McDonald’s USA, LLC, but allowed one retaliation claim by former Operations Officer Domineca Neal to proceed.
A federal judge in Washington has ordered a putative class action alleging systematic race discrimination against African American air marshals to be moved to Virginia, where both sides agree the case belongs.
A federal judge in Chicago refused to dismiss a Fourteenth Amendment excessive-force claim against a Cook County jail officer who allegedly punched a restrained pretrial detainee repeatedly in the head, while dismissing related claims against other officers...
A federal judge in Chicago denied Helia Healthcare Services' motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging the company systematically shorted hourly workers on overtime pay and improperly deducted break time they never actually took.
The Middle District of Pennsylvania has denied a motion for reconsideration filed by the Mountain View School District, preserving a substantive due process claim brought by a student with intellectual disabilities who alleged the district placed her in...
A federal judge in Pennsylvania refused to dismiss ADA and PHRA claims brought by a woman with intellectual and learning disabilities who alleges a Burger King franchisee turned her away after a single interview.
A federal judge in New Jersey has allowed a special education teacher’s claim that her employer interfered with her Family and Medical Leave Act rights to proceed, ruling that the school board’s failure to provide individualized notice of those rights...
A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio held that a foreman injured on the job plausibly alleged that a general contractor was his joint employer — keeping alive disability-discrimination, retaliation, and failure-to-accommodate claims under Ohio law.
A federal judge in Ohio approved a settlement resolving a collective action accusing Walmart of denying overtime pay to automotive technicians required to work through their meal breaks.