Discrimination, Injunctive Relief

Ready, Set, Wait: Eleventh Circuit Grants Last-Minute Title IX Injunction in Southeastern States

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/2/2024

Less than 24 hours before classroom bells were set to ring in schools across the southeastern United States, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order administratively blocking the implementation of the 2024 Title...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (May 16, 2022)

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/17/2022

Alvaro Bedoya Sworn in as FTC Commissioner Following Senate Confirmation. On May 16, Alvaro Bedoya was sworn in as FTC Commissioner. The U.S. Senate confirmed Bedoya to the FTC’s open Commissioner on May 11. ...more

50 State Update On Pending Legislation Pertaining To Employer-Mandated Vaccinations

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/5/2021

Per recent federal employment law guidance, private employers can generally require employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as long as they comply with federal employment laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of...more

Commercial Cleaning Franchise System Challenges SBA’s Determination of Eligibility for Paycheck Protection Program Loans Under...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/24/2020

Three members of the JANI-KING® franchise system filed suit last week in federal court in Washington, D.C. alleging that the United States Small Business Administration (the SBA) has discriminated against franchised...more

EEOC Sues Restaurant Maurizio’s Trattoria Italiana for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/14/2018

Restaurant Discriminated Against and Fired Female Employee After Learning She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - SAN DIEGO - Maurizio's Trattoria Italiana, LLC, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Encinitas near San...more

Ultracare Las Vegas Settles EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/23/2017

Placement Agency Fired Male Employee Because Of His Gender, Federal Agency Charged - LAS VEGAS - Ultracare Las Vegas, an ultrasound technician provider, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex...more

EEOC Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against J.C. Witherspoon, Jr., Inc.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/21/2017

Company Fired Hebrew Pentecostal Truck Driver Because of His Sabbath Requirement, Federal Agency Charges - CHARLESTON, S.C. - J.C. Witherspoon, Jr. Inc., a South Carolina corporation headquartered in Alcolu, violated...more

Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2016

Littler on 2/27/2017

This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more

Video-Streaming Companies See the “Netflix Tax” Going into Effect Around the Country to the Dismay of “Cord Cutters”

Butler Snow LLP on 11/2/2016

If you are like many other Americans, then you may have “cut your Cable TV cord” and turned to streaming movies and shows through your accounts with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO GO, SlingTV, or other video streaming tech...more

EEOC Sues T-N-T Of York County, Inc. And Tm Trucking of The Carolinas, LLC For Racial Harassment

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/8/2016

Owner Constantly Harassed Black Employees, Forcing Many to Quit, Federal Agency Charges - ROCK HILL, S.C. - Two interconnected South Carolina trucking companies violated federal law when they subjected black employees to...more

Motel 6 Sued By EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/1/2016

New Orleans Motel Placed Employee on Unwanted Leave of Absence, Federal Agency Charges - NEW ORLEANS - G6 Hospitality, dba Motel 6, unlawfully placed a pregnant employee on leave solely because of the fact that she was...more

ACLU Suing To Limit The Scope Of The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act And Promote Research Of Online Discrimination

King & Spalding on 7/12/2016

On June 29, 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Loretta Lynch in her official capacity as the United States Attorney General to challenge the constitutionality of a provision of the Computer Fraud...more

Seventh Circuit Cuts Through First Amendment Forum Jargon and Issues Robust Defense of Free Expression

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/6/2016

Like many cities across the country, Fort Wayne, Indiana raises money through advertisements that it sells on the inside and outside of the buses it operates. And like many cities, Fort Wayne has a number of regulations on...more

Failure to Promote Employee on Maternity Leave Results in Litigation

FordHarrison on 10/21/2015

When the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) was enacted in 1978, employers were clearly put on notice that they are forbidden from discriminating on the basis of pregnancy. Unfortunately, charges of pregnancy discrimination...more

Sensient Sued By EEOC for Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/23/2015

Dried Food Producer Unlawfully Discharged Workers After Denying Extended Leave of Absence for Disability-Related Needs, Federal Agency Charged - FRESNO, Calif. - Sensient Natural Ingredients LLC, a producer of dried...more

District Judge Allows Rail Union to Side Step Rule 23 with Pattern-Or-Practice Claim

BakerHostetler on 10/14/2014

A federal district judge in Hammond, Indiana, has permitted a rail union to pursue injunctive remedies in a Title VII pattern-or-practice discrimination claim on behalf of its black members without compliance with Rule 23. In...more

Food Rite Community Supermarket Settles EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/12/2014

Richmond Store Denied Qualified Female Applicant Van Driver Job, Lawsuit Charged - RICHMOND, Va. - Lee's Food Corp., doing business as Food Rite Community Supermarket, will pay $10,500 and provide other relief to ...more

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