A federal judge in Manhattan granted summary judgment to The Churchill School and Center, ruling that the school provided a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for firing a 63-year-old gay art teacher who opened a girls’ bathroom door with his leg...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of California granted an ex parte temporary restraining order against a former account manager who allegedly downloaded 3.5 gigabytes of proprietary data before joining a direct competitor.
A federal judge in Texas rejected Dow Chemical’s claim that an internal termination review file was protected by attorney-client privilege, ordering the company to produce the document in an age-discrimination suit brought by a former employee.
The EEOC charged a construction services company with violating federal law by allowing anti-American slurs and harassment of U.S. workers at a New Mexico jobsite and retaliating against an employee who complained.
A federal judge in Maryland has approved a $0.76 million settlement and granted final collective certification in a wage-and-hour lawsuit alleging that construction flaggers were underpaid and retaliated against for seeking compensation.
A federal judge in Massachusetts denied a server’s motion to certify a collective action alleging wage theft and tip retention, ruling the plaintiff failed to show other employees were similarly situated to his claims.
The First District Appellate Court reversed summary judgment in a legal malpractice suit against former workers’ compensation attorney Francine Fishel and her firm, Brill & Fishel, P.C., holding that factual disputes and differing inferences regarding...
A federal court in Oklahoma denied Robinson Aviation's motion to compel arbitration in a collective action, ruling the union contract does not clearly waive the air traffic controllers' right to sue for overtime pay violations.
Jianming Yu alleged that restaurant owners retaliated against him by altering his W-2 forms to increase his tax liability after he filed a related Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit.
The Appellate Division, First Department, held that the New York State Human Rights Law’s 2019 mandate for liberal construction allows the continuing violation doctrine to link untimely allegations of disparate treatment to a timely termination.
A federal judge in Missouri dismissed age and disability discrimination claims against Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, while allowing retaliation allegations to proceed based on tight timing between protected complaints and adverse...
A federal judge in Pennsylvania denied summary judgment on disability discrimination and retaliation claims involving a former employee’s caregiving duties, but granted the motion on hostile work environment and FMLA claims due to lack of evidence.
A federal judge granted Amazon summary judgment in a disability-discrimination suit, ruling that a former warehouse worker caused a breakdown in the interactive process by rejecting alternative footwear and failing to provide medical documentation.
A federal appeals court reversed summary judgment for the Department of the Army in a sexual orientation discrimination case, finding that a co-worker’s homophobic slurs and a tainted investigation created genuine disputes of material fact.
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Tuesday that former Palantir Technologies employees must arbitrate their dispute with the software company, rejecting the firm’s attempt to keep its lawsuit in court over alleged breaches of non-compete and confidentiality...
A federal judge in West Virginia ruled that a jury cannot determine front pay in a Family and Medical Leave Act case, but allowed a plaintiff’s expert to present calculations for a tax offset to ensure the equitable remedy is not diminished by income taxes.
A federal judge has ruled that the Pipeline Safety Act does not completely preempt a West Virginia whistleblower’s state-law claim for retaliatory discharge, allowing the case to proceed in state court.
A federal judge in Maryland granted a former Amtrak conductor’s motion to amend her complaint to include a duty of fair representation claim against her union, while dismissing her race and sex discrimination claims under Title VII as futile.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania allowed a home care worker’s Title VII case to include evidence that his harasser was caught stealing from residents and coming to work intoxicated, ruling the proof is relevant to showing the employer’s stated reason for the...
The 10th Circuit ruled that mandatory racial sensitivity training and its aftermath did not create a hostile work environment for a former Colorado corrections officer, rejecting his Title VII claim that the program’s content and alleged enforcement created...