August 15, 2023
Former MLB umpire Angel Hernandez struck out a second time in his racial bias suit on Tuesday, when the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court's summary judgment award that found Hernandez's failure to secure promotions and prime assignments was the result of subpar leadership and management skills.
June 08, 2023
The Second Circuit appeared skeptical Thursday of Cuban-born umpire Angel Hernandez's claim that Major League Baseball engaged in discrimination by giving full decision-making power over promotions to a white executive, former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre.
June 02, 2023
A Cuban-born Major League Baseball umpire is calling on the Second Circuit on Thursday to revive his claims that he wasn't promoted because of his race, ethnicity and national origin. Here, Law360 looks at that case and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in New York.
May 31, 2023
The Ninth Circuit will consider whether California can muscle in on an EEOC sex discrimination suit against Activision Blizzard, while the Second Circuit weighs an MLB umpire's race bias suit and the Seventh Circuit mulls the scope of a religious exemption to anti-discrimination law. Here, Law360 previews three appellate argument sessions discrimination lawyers should watch in June.
September 22, 2022
A Cuban-born Major League Baseball umpire accused the league of cherry-picking incidents of poor behavior to explain why he wasn't promoted or given opportunities to officiate the World Series, telling the Second Circuit that he had a positive record of feedback but was passed over because of his race.
June 08, 2022
A Cuban-born Major League Baseball umpire urged the Second Circuit to revive his race discrimination suit alleging the league routinely withheld opportunities and promotions from minority workers, arguing that a New York federal court failed to follow precedent when it tossed the case.