Attorney's Fees, Disparate Impact

New York State Poised to Expand Protections Against Discriminatory Pay Practices

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 6/26/2019

Currently, the New York Equal Pay Act provides that no employee shall be paid at a lesser wage rate than an employee of the opposite sex in the same establishment for equal work on a job requiring equal skill, effort and...more

New York State Employers Face Strict New Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Laws

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/30/2015

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed a series of bills entitled the “Women’s Equality Agenda” that significantly amend the State’s equal pay, sex discrimination, harassment and other laws to provide additional...more

The Lessons of EEOC v. Freeman – “Know when to hold ’em. Know when to fold ’em.”

Snell & Wilmer on 10/21/2015

I was going to skip past this opinion from the District of Maryland until I realized that it started with a reference to a classic country song and, therefore, it immediately moved up my list and became worthy of a closer...more

Court Orders EEOC To Pay Employer Nearly $1 Million In Attorneys' Fees And Costs, Finds EEOC Pursued Case Long After It Was Clear...

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 9/17/2015

Employers often criticize the EEOC’s position on employers’ use of background checks in the application process as increasing exposure for disparate treatment claims from applicants and as being willfully blind to legitimate...more

Holy Legal Fees, Batman!

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/9/2015

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been ordered to pay $938,771 in attorneys’ fees to Freeman after getting its clock cleaned in that lawsuit it filed over background checks and disparate impact based on race and...more

Five Surprising Facts About the Inclusive Communities Case

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/26/2015

In the Supreme Court’s recent, landmark decision in Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 576 U.S. ___, 2015 WL 2473449 (Jun. 25, 2015), the Court held that, while disparate...more