Nov. 18, 2015 - Ortiz v City of San Antonio Fire Dept - 5th Cir - GINA discrimination claim dismissed as a required wellness program collecting blood & urine samples & chest X-rays is not genetic information
Nov. 02, 2015 - Drescher v. Clinton City - D Utah - although not in formal charge, descriptions in EEOC intake questionaire & addendum are sufficient to pursue sexual harassment & retaliation charges by fired female firefighter under Holowecki loosened standards
Oct. 22, 2015 - McMahon v. Univ. of Michigan - ED Mich - ADA claim may proceed in failure to accomodate injured employee's lifting restrictions & placing her on disability leave for more than 2 years
Oct. 21, 2015 - Huri v. Circuit Ct of Cook Cnty - 7th Cir - Muslim woman has possible religious discrimination/harassment claim after being called evil at work and drawn into a Christian prayer circle
Oct. 14, 2015 - Smith v. URS Corp. - 8th Cir - former U.S. Army contractor employee has possible bias claim for racially disparate treatment in pay; summary judgement reversed
Sep. 30, 2015 - Sun v. D.C. Govn't - D DC - naturalized Chinese-born immigrant has no ethnic discrimination claim for being fired due to her unauthorized practice of the law
Sep. 09, 2015 - EEOC v. Sterling Jewelers - 2d Cir - judicial review of EEOC's pre-investigations before suit is limited as EEOC has expansive discretion in this regard
Sep. 04, 2015 - EEOC v Freeman - D Md - EEOC owes nearly $1 million in attorneys fees for pusuing disparate impact case against a firm that does background checks w/o statistical evidence
Sep. 01, 2015 - Tridico v D.C. - D DC - Catholic police officer established claim of retaliation & hostile work environment by being called "weirdo" for his beliefs
Aug. 19, 2015 - Zamora v City of Houston - 5th Cir - sufficient evidence established in "cat's paw" retaliation for race discrimination complaints even under "but for" requirements
Aug. 12, 2015 - Jones v SEPTA - 3rd Cir - plaintiff lacks sex discrimination claim as paid suspension is not an adverse action under Title VII
Aug. 12, 2015 - Barr v Board of Univ. Trustees - since first suit against university alleging retaliation not served within 120 days was barred, second suit against its trustees also barred per res judicata
Aug. 03, 2015 - Littlejohn v City of NY - 2d Cir - in retaliation, an EEO director engages in protected activity when she complains about general workplace discrimination but other claims dismissed
July 24, 2015 - Maggio v Wis. Ave. Psychiatric - DC Cir - sex discrim. claim by male employee denied equitable tolling as he did not include new address on EEOC form & c/o to attorney disregarded
July 16, 2015 - Goudeau v Nat'l Oilwell Varco - 5th Cir - 57 year old former employee has triable age bias case for being called "old fart" by supervisor among other complaints
July 07, 2015 - Phipps v Wal-Mart - 6th Cir - subset of the 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees rejected by the Supreme Court as a class can proceed with their gender discrimination claim
Jun. 30, 2015 - Stewart v Rise, Inc. - 8th Cir - black female supervisor has a harassment claim against her employer for permitting her Somali-born subordinates to create a hostile work environment
Jun. 23, 2015 - Harris v DC WASA - DC Cir - reversed summary judgement for defendant as retaliation claims of race bias and job elimination sufficiently alleged
Jun. 09, 2015 - Miller v St. Joseph Cnty - 7th Cir - although black plaintiff received adverse employment actions he lacked evidence linking those actions to his race; summary judgement affirmed
Jun. 08, 2015 - Kinhaid v Anderson - WD Va - claim of sexual and & anti-Catholic bias and harassment survives summary dismissal.
Jun. 04, 2015 - Stern v St. Anthony's Health Ctr. - 7th Cir - fired employee with short-term memory deficiencies has no ADA claim as evidence not shown that he could perform job
Jun. 01, 2015 - EEOC v Abercrombie & Fitch - Sp Ct - failure to hire Muslim with a head scarf as not in keeping with dress policy violates Title VII & its stipulation to accommodate religious practices
May 21, 2015 - Foster v Univ. of Md.-E. Shore - 4th Cir - summary judgement reversed in part as mixed-motive pretextual retaliation differs from but-for cause in the Supreme Court Nasar case.
May 12, 2015 - Ashbey v Archstone Property Mang - 9th Cir - signed acknowledgement form waives right to litigate under Title VII, must undergo arbitration
May 07, 2015 - Wheat v Fifth Third Bank - 6th Cir - black employee has triable discrimination claim for being fired after spat with white employee who was not fired; remand
May 07, 2015 - Boyer-Liberto v Fontainebleau Corp - 4th Cir - black enployee complaining of twice being called a "porch monkey" by supervisor has triable claim for harassment & retaliation
May 01, 2015 - EEOC v Union Pacific Railroad - ED Wis - held that EEOC has subpoena authority even if private suits filed or scope widened
Apr. 29, 2015 - Mach Minning v EEOC - Sp Ct - adequacy of EEOC's mandatory conciliation efforts before suit is reviewable but narrow with EEOC only having to give notice and attempt a discussion
Apr. 22, 2015 - EEOC v New Breed Logistics - 6th Cir - retaliation for sexual harassment complaint made orally upheld under cat's paw liability as biased supervisor influenced decision maker
Mar. 26, 2015 - Texas v U.S. - ND Tex - Court stays Labor Dept. final rule expanding same-sex couples' FMLA rights regardless of state of residence
Mar. 25, 2015 - Young v UPS - Sp Ct - In a 6-3 ruling Court held that employer may violate Pregnancy Discrimination Act by denying light duty to pregnant worker that was given to other disabled workers
Mar. 16, 2015 - EEOC v Beverage Distribs. Co. - 10th Cir - under ADA employer need only prove that it believed job would entail a direct threat to safety by a blind former employee not proof that he was
Mar. 12, 2015 - Jacobs v N.C. Admin. Office of the Courts - 4th Cir - fired employee with social anxiety disorder has triable ADA claim as it substantially limits a major life activity
Mar. 09, 2015 - Walz v Ameriprise Financial - 8th Cir - fired bipolar worker has no ADA or failure to accommodate claim as employer was not aware of disability, only her behavior
Feb. 20, 2015 - EEOC v Freeman - 4th Cir - an expert's testimony in on how criminal background & credit history checks shows disparate impact is clearly unreliable thus summary judgement is sustained for the defendant
Feb. 13, 2015 - EEOC v Allstate Insurance - 3d Cir - No retaliation found in Allstate's release of employees to become independent agents in exchange for a signed waiver of all claims
Feb. 05, 2015 - Hilde v City of Evelth - 8th Cir - age bias may be inferred to someone who was passed over for promotion as police chief due to being retirement eligible
Jan. 28, 2015 - Yeager v FirstEnergy - 6rh Cir - refusing to hire someone who has religious objections to providing a Social Security No. is not discriminatory when accommodation would violate Federal law
Jan. 21, 2015 - DHS v MacLean - Sp Ct - in removal of a TSA marshal, prohibiting disclosure of sensitive info by rule does not preclude whistleblower protections in which exception must be "by law"
Jan. 20, 2015 - Holt v Hobbs - Sp Ct - AR Dept of Corrections ban on all beards discriminates against certain religious practices without compelling state interest or least restrictive means
Jan. 07, 2015 - Magee v Hamline Univ. - 8th Cir - 42 USC 1981 claim by fired, black female professsor, is dismised as basic claims had already been heard in her 42 USC 1983 case (res judicata)
Jan. 06, 2015 - Howard v Pritzker (DoC) - DC Cir - 28 USC 2401(a) 6 year time limit to sue gov. is preempted for Federal employees by the more elastic Title VII admin. provisions in 42 USC 2000e-16(c)
Dec. 17, 2014 - Turley v ISG Lackawanna - 2d Cir - a punitive damage award of $5 million for severe racial harassment of a black employee is declared arbitrary & must be reduced
Dec. 12, 2014 - Assoc. Builders v Shiu (DOL) - DC Cir - DOL's final rule mandating federal contractors hire 7% from qualified disabled laborers is reasonable interpretation per Chevron
Dec. 10, 2014 - Arizona v Aguilar - 9th Cir - $300,000 punitive damages for sexual harassment of plaintiff doesn't violate employer's due process rights even though actual harm assessed at $1
Dec. 04, 2014 - Noel v AT&T - 8th Cir - court finds that employee with diabetes, who resigned, was not forced to quit because of his disability nor did anyone ask him to do so
Dec. 02, 2014 - Richard v Swedish Match - 8th Cir - male employee's allegation of nipple-squeezing by male supervisor not enough for harassment & to show actions based on sexual desire
Nov. 24, 2014 - Waed v Jewell - 10th Cir - Interior Dept. employee failed to show causal link between adverse action and complaints made some three or more years ago
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