The Fifth Circuit refused to reopen a former deputy constable's lawsuit alleging that a Texas county fired him because he was a middle-aged man, ruling Thursday that it found no reason to disturb a lower court's dismissal of the case.
The Trump administration has introduced new federal guidance aimed at curbing the use of languages other than English in government programs, a move that experts caution could conflict with a prohibition on national origin discrimination under federal civil rights law.
The Ninth Circuit declined Tuesday to reinstate a suit claiming SAG-AFTRA shirked its duties to union members by greenlighting a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to get actors back to work during the pandemic, ruling their claims are either untimely or preempted by federal labor law.
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The Fifth Circuit refused to reopen a former deputy constable's lawsuit alleging that a Texas county fired him because he was a middle-aged man, ruling Thursday that it found no reason to disturb a lower court's dismissal of the case.
The Trump administration has introduced new federal guidance aimed at curbing the use of languages other than English in government programs, a move that experts caution could conflict with a prohibition on national origin discrimination under federal civil rights law.
The Ninth Circuit declined Tuesday to reinstate a suit claiming SAG-AFTRA shirked its duties to union members by greenlighting a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to get actors back to work during the pandemic, ruling their claims are either untimely or preempted by federal labor law.
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July 18, 2025
A former Georgia-based warehouse manager for a logistics company alleged in a new lawsuit Thursday that he was forced out of the company after reporting "outrageous" anti-Asian discrimination from a human resources manager.
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July 18, 2025
The first half of 2025 saw a shifting labor and employment law landscape that set the stage for a potentially transformative second half of the year. Will a restored quorum jump-start the EEOC? Could the Fair Labor Standards Act be updated to better address remote work? What's next for National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox's challenge to her unprecedented removal?
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July 18, 2025
President Donald Trump's pick to fill an empty seat on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Senate committee she'll take up his mantle opposing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, while the Wisconsin Bar reached a deal with a Badger State lawyer who sued over its diversity programs and a California community college professor who is opposed to DEI counted a First Amendment win. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.
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July 18, 2025
A former workers' compensation judge suing New Jersey over her removal from that post says that the state committed "blatant harassment" by sending subpoenas to her former employers over wage information that it could have obtained in less intrusive ways.
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July 18, 2025
In the coming week, a New York federal judge will hear arguments over how a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the use of universal injunctions might impact an order blocking the U.S. Department of Labor from suspending the Job Corps program.
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July 18, 2025
A private equity firm has agreed to settle and close a former executive's suit alleging she was passed over for promotions and paid less than younger men out of bias, and eventually fired for complaining about it, according to a filing Friday in Connecticut federal court.
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July 18, 2025
A former Major League Soccer marketing executive sued the league in New York federal court Friday, alleging he was fired in retaliation for repeatedly complaining of racial discrimination by his superiors.
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July 18, 2025
Northwestern fired its gender center's director for raising concerns that the university was removing resources from the center's website for LGBTQ+ students soon after President Donald Trump's administration began cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to an Illinois state court suit.
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July 17, 2025
A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel appeared divided Thursday on a lower court's ruling that halted enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order axing labor contracts covering agencies that have "national security" aims, with one judge expressing concern over the order's implications while two questioned if they can second-guess the president's determination.
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July 17, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge rejected a Pittsburgh Presbyterian seminary's request to immediately appeal a ruling that the so-called ministerial exception doesn't bar a former interim director's sex discrimination suit, though the judge expanded upon her rationale for reaching that conclusion.
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July 17, 2025
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a former Veterans Affairs nurse's age discrimination suit, finding that the worker was fired for repeatedly flouting her supervisor's instructions rather than because of age discrimination.
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July 17, 2025
A federal judge tossed a tax auditor's suit claiming a North Carolina county yanked her intermittent leave disability accommodation for health flare-ups that made it hard to drive to work, rejecting her bid to toll the statute of limitations due to a lawyer's bad advice.
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July 17, 2025
The State Bar of Wisconsin has settled a lawsuit from a lawyer challenging its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, with the agency agreeing to apply a tweaked definition of diversity to two leadership programs.
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July 17, 2025
The Sixth Circuit declined to upend an $800,000 jury win for a human resources director who claimed a Michigan commission failed to accommodate her vision condition and then retaliated against her for complaining about it, ruling the verdict was sound in the face of the evidence presented.
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July 17, 2025
Personal injury firm Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC shouldn't escape an Afro-Latina former paralegal employee's lawsuit claiming she was forced to put up with colleagues' racist remarks and sexual advances, the worker told a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday, arguing her allegations are detailed enough for the suit to advance.
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July 16, 2025
A New York federal judge Wednesday dismissed a public relations consultant and his company from actress Blake Lively's lawsuit that accuses her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, of sexual harassment on set and trying to orchestrate a public relations campaign to "destroy" her reputation.
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July 16, 2025
American Airlines pushed a customer service agent out of her job after she reported that her supervisor repeatedly physically assaulted her at work by punching, pulling her hair and kicking her, according to a suit the airline removed to Washington federal court.
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July 16, 2025
The Fourth Circuit refused to revive a former Virginia county worker's lawsuit claiming he was terminated for complaining about a job coach's homophobic remarks, ruling Wednesday he couldn't overcome the county's position that his poor performance justified termination.
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July 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with a Mississippi staffing consultancy Tuesday, closing an investigation into allegations that the company manipulated job orders to give preference to H-2A visa workers.
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July 16, 2025
The parent company of Arby's, Dunkin' and other fast-food chains urged a Georgia federal court to toss a proposed class action claiming employees in its health plan were unlawfully charged more for using tobacco, arguing workers didn't allege their premiums stayed elevated after completing a wellness program.
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July 16, 2025
A legal aid attorneys' union didn't violate antidiscrimination laws by moving to discipline three members after they sued to block a controversial pro-Palestine resolution, but it may have violated labor law, a New York federal judge said, letting a trimmed version of the members' lawsuit against the union proceed.
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July 16, 2025
Booz Allen Hamilton has been sued for race discrimination and retaliation in Georgia federal court by the Black former chief technologist of its global converged resilience practice, who said he was discriminated against and then fired for raising concerns about fraudulent billing.
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July 16, 2025
President Donald Trump's pick to join the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission indicated support Wednesday for the administration's opposition to workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs and for its limited view of the commission's authority.
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July 16, 2025
Three former workers for a Culver's franchisee agreed to settle claims that the business fired them for opposing the harassment of a transgender employee, resolving a Michigan federal court case that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission abandoned because of Trump administration orders.
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July 16, 2025
Paramount fired an executive for raising concerns that the company's return to in-person work during the COVID-19 pandemic put her at risk because of her autoimmune condition and then replaced her with a less experienced man, she said in a disability and gender bias suit filed in California state court.