March 20, 2025
The Fourth Circuit seemed receptive Thursday to a former hospital worker's argument that she was unlawfully fired for a pregnancy-related disability, pondering whether the lower court had relied on an outdated interpretation of disability bias law when it tossed her case.
March 03, 2025
The Second Circuit will hear from the National Football League and Black coaches who say their race discrimination class action shouldn't be forced into arbitration, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is expected to appear as an amicus in a half-dozen cases involving hot-button issues. Here are eight argument sessions discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in this month.
June 25, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Fourth Circuit to reinstate a hospital worker's suit claiming she was fired for requesting a reprieve from 12-hour workdays to manage her high-risk pregnancy, arguing the lower court used incorrect legal standards to toss her case.