February 25, 2022
A look at the labor and employment rulings from D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President Joe Biden has picked to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, reveals some noteworthy wins for unions and a willingness to delve deeply into how landmark high court decisions like Wal-Mart v. Dukes should be applied.
July 21, 2020
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday blocked workers' bid to begin gathering evidence in a suit accusing Lockheed Martin Corp. of using a biased performance review system, holding that the workers haven't demonstrated that discovery is likely to produce information to bolster their case for classwide relief.
July 28, 2017
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday ripped a proposed $22.8 million settlement in a racial discrimination suit against Lockheed Martin Corp. and declined to certify a class of 5,500 black workers who allege the company uses a biased performance review system, calling their suit "strikingly similar" to the failed Dukes sex discrimination class action against Walmart.