March 10, 2023
The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that an advocacy group's suit claiming Darden Restaurants Inc.'s practice of paying tipped wages to workers unlawfully subjects them to sexual harassment and race bias was dismissed prematurely, saying the lower court needed to determine if the group suffered any injury.
August 29, 2022
The company behind restaurant chains including Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse will argue in the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that a worker advocacy organization can't sue it for allegedly subjecting employees to sexual harassment and paycheck discrimination. Here, Law360 looks at what the judges should expect to hear during oral arguments in San Francisco.
August 26, 2022
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments regarding standing in a case at the Ninth Circuit alleging a tipped minimum wage is discriminatory. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
February 23, 2022
The Civil Rights Act doesn't allow corporations without a relationship to an employer to sue on behalf of employees, Darden Restaurants told the Ninth Circuit, urging the court to uphold a lower court decision axing a nonprofit organization's suit for wage discrimination.
January 21, 2022
The Civil Rights Act allows corporations — not just people — to sue on behalf of employees who have experienced discrimination, a nonprofit argued to a Ninth Circuit panel, urging it to flip a lower court's ruling barring it from suing Darden Restaurants over the company's wage policies.