April 15, 2024
Counsel representing a putative class of roughly 6,000 Black Tesla workers alleging the automaker has allowed racism to run rampant at its California factory fired back during a class certification hearing Monday, calling Tesla's suggestion that plaintiffs counsel are driving the state's civil-rights litigation "beyond preposterous."
April 01, 2024
Tesla can't put off or dodge a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the carmaker allowed rampant racism to overtake a California factory, a federal judge has ruled, saying parallel state court cases can't resolve the agency's claims.
March 28, 2024
A California federal judge indicated Thursday she'll likely deny Tesla's bids to toss or stay the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's allegations that the electric carmaker fostered rampant racism at its Fremont factory, saying ongoing state litigation doesn't preclude the EEOC's claims and comparing the fight to Rodney King litigation.
March 15, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments before the full Ninth Circuit in a case by Uber, Postmates and two drivers challenging California's worker classification law. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in the state.
January 19, 2024
The California Civil Rights Department and a putative class of Black workers accused Tesla on Friday of "obfuscation," "scorched earth litigation" and intentionally delaying litigation in their yearsold race bias cases, while Tesla's counsel argued that the allegations are bogus and any delays are of the plaintiffs' own making.
January 11, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can't justify letting its race bias suit against Tesla move forward amid two similar state court proceedings, the electric-car maker told a California federal court, arguing that the agency is wasting judicial resources with vague allegations.
January 05, 2024
Tesla can't pause the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit alleging the carmaker allowed a California factory to be overrun with racist remarks and graffiti, the agency told a federal court, saying Tesla is trying to deflect by asserting that the EEOC's action is duplicative of two other lawsuits.
December 19, 2023
Tesla urged a California federal judge to pump the brakes on a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it allowed a factory to be overrun with racial harassment, arguing the agency rushed duplicative allegations to court as part of a turf war with a state bias watchdog.