Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC recently released its enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2020. Notably, the statistics indicate that 2020 saw a dramatic drop in filed charges, with the lowest number of charges...more
3/2/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 19, 2020, the EEOC released its second-ever Annual Performance Report (“APR”) for Fiscal Year 2020. In essence, it is a report card on the Commission’s activities, including its record relative...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: We are once again pleased to offer our loyal blog readers a breakdown of the five most intriguing developments in EEOC litigation in 2020, in addition to a pre-publication preview of our annual report on...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In Toomey v. Arizona, No. 19-CV-0035, 2020 WL 2465707 (D. Ariz. May 12, 2020), a Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona recommended the certification of class claims...more
5/20/2020
/ Adequacy Requirement ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Educational Institutions ,
Elective Surgical Procedures ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
FRCP 23(a) ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Insurance ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Typicality
Seyfarth Synopsis: In Johnson v. Airbus Defense & Space Inc., No. 5:17-CV-2150, 2020 WL 1675776 (N.D. Ala. Apr. 6, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama recently granted an employer’s motion for...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC recently released its enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2019. Notably, the statistics indicate that 2019 saw the lowest number of charges filed in over 20 years, though there...more
1/28/2020
/ #MeToo ,
Adverse Employment Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Pay Gap ,
Race Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Settlement ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour