On April 17, 2024, the United States Supreme Court ruled on the standard under which a plaintiff can proceed with a claim for a discriminatory job transfer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”),...more
4/22/2024
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Transfers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Lateral Transfers ,
Muldrow v City of St Louis ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
In Harris v. FedEx Corp. Servs., Inc., No. 23-2003, a Fifth Circuit panel vacated a $365 million punitive damages award in race discrimination and retaliation case, finding that the plaintiff Jennifer Harris (“Harris”) failed...more
Since 2019, community leaders, organizations, and lawmakers have influenced a movement to introduce legislation—at all levels of government—that prohibits workplace discrimination based upon hairstyle and hair...more
Earlier this month, Proskauer – along with co-counsel Disability Rights Advocates (“DRA”), a nationwide nonprofit disability rights legal center – obtained class certification in an important litigation in the U.S. District...more
3/18/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
FRCP 23 ,
Illinois ,
Infrastructure ,
Pedestrians ,
Pro Bono ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Roads ,
Section 504 ,
Signs ,
Title II
The State of Illinois has taken strong measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Recognizing the impact of COVID-19 on the State of Illinois, on March 20, 2020, the Governor first issued Executive Order 2020-10 directing...more
5/18/2020
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Business Closures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
First Responders ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Layoffs ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Pay Reductions ,
Remote Working ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act
The State of Illinois has taken strong measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Recognizing the impact of the coronavirus on the State of Illinois, on March 20, 2020, the Governor issued Executive Order 2020-10...more
3/24/2020
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Business Closures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Response ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Layoffs ,
Pay Reductions ,
Reimbursements ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Leave ,
State of Emergency ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
WARN Act
Earlier this week, Proskauer—along with Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a nationwide nonprofit disability rights legal center—filed a putative class action against the City of Chicago on behalf of the American Council of...more
9/27/2019
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Disability ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Nonprofits ,
Pedestrians ,
Pro Bono ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Section 504 ,
Title II
The Second Circuit recently held in Katz v. Cellco P’Ship d/b/a/ Verizon Wireless, Nos. 14-138, 14-291, 2015 WL 4528658 (2d Cir. July 28, 2015) that, under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), district courts must stay all...more
A Second Circuit panel recently revived a former employee’s racial discrimination suit against New York City, reversing in part the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of her case. In Littlejohn v. City of New York,...more
8/7/2015
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Demotions ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hostile Environment ,
McDonnell Douglas Formula ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Pleading Standards ,
Popular ,
Race Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII ,
Twombly/Iqbal Pleading Standard
Illinois’ and Chicago’s “ban the box” laws took effect on January 1. Both laws prohibit private employers from making criminal inquiries until after an applicant has been notified of his or her selection for an interview...more
Governor Quinn has signed the Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act (the "Act"), which takes effect January 1, 2015 and prevents private employers from asking an applicant about his or her criminal history on the...more
7/22/2014
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that filing a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) does not toll the statute of limitations for state-law tort...more