January 03, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a Christian football coach's case claiming his rights were violated when he was suspended for refusing to forgo his postgame prayer ritual, while the D.C. Circuit is poised to rule on whether Title VII forbids job transfers that stem from bias. Here are five discrimination cases employment attorneys should have on their radar in 2022.
September 22, 2021
Arizona must fork over documents reflecting the decision-making process behind the state health plan's policy of refusing to cover gender-affirming surgery, said a federal judge, siding with a transgender university professor who says the coverage exclusion violates federal discrimination law.
April 21, 2021
The state of Arizona must produce documents related to why it excluded gender-affirming surgeries from a trans University of Arizona professor's health insurance plan, a federal magistrate judge has ruled, saying the information is "likely to be the most reliable evidence on the issue."
March 01, 2021
A federal judge squashed a bid by a transgender University of Arizona professor to block a health plan coverage exclusion for gender dysphoria surgery, saying that to grant his request at this point in the case would be jumping the gun.
December 14, 2020
The University of Arizona urged a federal judge Monday not to make the school shoulder the potential cost of gender dysphoria treatment for a transgender professor, saying the state controlled the health plan that led to the professor's gender bias case.
December 04, 2020
The federal judge who denied a University of Arizona professor's push to force his health plan to cover gender dysphoria treatment dropped the ball by applying outdated precedent and ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court's June holding that federal law bars discrimination based on gender identity, the professor told a federal court Friday.
December 01, 2020
A transgender University of Arizona professor is not likely to succeed in persuading a federal court that his health insurance denied his request for hysterectomy coverage due to gender bias, according to findings issued Monday by a magistrate judge.
October 21, 2020
An Arizona federal judge nixed a bid by two transgender teenagers to move a lawsuit alleging that their health plan's refusal to cover transition-related surgery violates federal discrimination law into the hands of a judge already handling a similar suit, saying the cases contain too many differences.
October 02, 2020
Arizona can't prune its health care costs by discriminating against vulnerable residents, said a transgender University of Arizona professor who sued for gender bias when his state employee health plan would not cover his hysterectomy.
September 28, 2020
Arizona's state employee health care plan isn't obligated to pay for a transgender university professor's hysterectomy even after the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock ruling that federal law bans workplace bias based on gender identity, the Grand Canyon State has told a federal judge.