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May 26, 2026
A New Jersey Superior Court judge refused to dismiss the state's discrimination lawsuit accusing an Ironworkers local of systematically passing over Black union members for job assignments, ruling that the claims are not time-barred or preempted by federal labor law.
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May 26, 2026
A federal judge has sided with a Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. unit in a coverage dispute over a Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act class action, finding that an alleged failure to disclose salary ranges in job postings does not qualify as discrimination under the restaurant operator's employment practices liability insurance policy.
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May 26, 2026
The Fifth Circuit backed a Mississippi television station's win over a white former news anchor's lawsuit claiming she was fired because of her race, saying she couldn't overcome the company's explanation that she'd used two racially insensitive terms on air within six months.
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May 26, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to consider broadening religious protections under the First Amendment, turning away a case that could have helped religious organizations avoid lawsuits entirely or get quick appeals on constitutional autonomy rulings.
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May 26, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a Second Circuit opinion finding the National Football League's arbitration process unenforceable, in a case that sought clarity on whether district courts have authority to decide whether an arbitration process is fair.
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May 22, 2026
This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026.
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May 22, 2026
The First Circuit reinstated a worker's suit claiming a Puerto Rico municipality sabotaged his success and forced him to quit because his political affiliation differed from that of an incoming mayor, saying he backed his allegations with enough evidence of potential bias.
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May 22, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the New York Times of unlawfully rejecting a white male editor for a promotion, the 10th Circuit rejected a suit from a white ex-correction officer over racial sensitivity training, and the NFL is facing a subpoena from Florida's attorney general over its diversity policies. Here's a roundup of the notable diversity, equity and inclusion-related legal developments we've seen so far in May.
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May 22, 2026
The U.S. solicitor general's position that the nation's highest court shouldn't take up a religious bias suit over a New York state COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers incorrectly claimed that accommodations were obtainable, the mandate's challengers told the justices Friday.
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May 22, 2026
A Seventh Circuit judge rebuked a lawyer for naming a "made up" entity, rather than the correct institution, in a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit against the Wisconsin Court System and a former judge, demanding the error be corrected immediately.
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May 22, 2026
The administrative office overseeing indigent defense in metro Detroit has asked a Michigan federal judge to end bias claims a former public defender brought against the office, arguing she ignored discovery orders, while the lawyer asked the court to reconsider an April discovery order, arguing the defendants omitted facts in the motion to compel.
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May 22, 2026
An Illinois federal judge said United Airlines can't escape a Catholic pilot's suit claiming he was forced to get immunized against COVID-19 in violation of his beliefs or remain on indefinite leave, after rejecting timeliness concerns given allegations that he was subjected to a long-running "coercive campaign."
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May 22, 2026
In the week ahead, the Second Circuit will consider Thompson Hine LLP's challenge to an order keeping a former partner's discrimination suit in federal court instead of sending it to arbitration. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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May 22, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a motion hearing in a discrimination collective action that job applicants are bringing against Workday Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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May 21, 2026
A Texas federal judge allowed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Thursday to inspect American Airlines software in a suit claiming the company fired a blind employee who asked to use a screen reader but limited the agency's access to programs the worker would have used.
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May 21, 2026
Virginia's governor vetoed a bill that would've made it illegal for employers to discriminate against workers or deny accommodations for menopause or perimenopause, citing the Legislature's rejection of her proposed amendment to instead commission a study on the issue.
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May 21, 2026
An appliance retailer called on the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday to preserve its win in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a fired sales associate, arguing there's no evidence the company knew the employee had a disabling medical condition.
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May 21, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared puzzled Thursday by Black union pipe fitters' claims that they were passed over for work assignments in favor of white counterparts, expressing confusion about what legal framework they believed an Alabama federal judge should have used.
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May 21, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued what his office called a "first-in-the-nation" executive order aiming to shore up state labor policies in an effort to prepare workers and businesses in the event of mass workforce disruption caused by artificial intelligence.
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May 21, 2026
Hawaiian Airlines defeated a religious bias lawsuit alleging it unlawfully refused to excuse several employees from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as a federal judge ruled the company had shown that granting their exemption requests would have been too great a burden.
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May 21, 2026
Former NFL head coach Brian Flores has told a New York federal court that the league and Commissioner Roger Goodell are using its arbitration process as a means to retaliate against him for suing the league for hiring discrimination.
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May 21, 2026
A vehicle repossession company should pay a Black former employee $3 million in damages for subjecting her to a racially hostile work environment, a federal jury in South Carolina said.
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May 21, 2026
A transgender police community specialist has accused the Boulder Police Department of subjecting him to years of deadnaming, misgendering and bathroom surveillance after he began transitioning, and retaliating against him when he complained, according to a lawsuit in Colorado federal court.
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May 21, 2026
A Florida wildlife agency will pay a former employee $485,000 to resolve her suit claiming it violated her free speech rights by firing her for sharing a meme on social media satirizing the killing of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk, the ACLU of Florida announced Thursday.
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May 21, 2026
A group of 10 Democratic members of Congress urged the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission not to abandon its annual collection of employers' workforce demographics, asserting the information is crucial to combating employment discrimination.