Proskauer is proud to share a significant victory in our long-standing advocacy for the rights of blind and visually impaired pedestrians in Chicago. On May 29, 2025, the Honorable Judge LaShonda A. Hunt of the U.S. District...more
In a recent development in Mobley vs. Workday, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied in part Workday, Inc.’s (“Workday”) Motion to Dismiss, allowing the Plaintiff to pursue...more
7/26/2024
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Algorithms ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Bias ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Job Applicants ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Title VII
On June 1, 2022, the Seventh Circuit reversed the entry of summary judgment on a Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) claim, holding that an actual denial of an employee’s FMLA leave request is not necessary to constitute an...more
6/15/2022
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
Employers are more frequently relying on the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) tools to automate employment decision-making, such as software that can review resumes and “chatbots” that interview and screen job...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
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
FRCP 23 ,
Illinois ,
Infrastructure ,
Pedestrians ,
Pro Bono ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Roads ,
Section 504 ,
Signs ,
Title II
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
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Declaratory Relief ,
Disability ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Nonprofits ,
Pedestrians ,
Pro Bono ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Section 504 ,
Title II