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August 09, 2024
A former paralegal for the Law Offices of Geoffrey D. Mueller LLC has resolved her lawsuit against the Westwood, New Jersey, office after accusing it last year of firing her in violation of state anti-discrimination law after she asked for a leave of absence to recover from a broken foot, according to a notice of settlement filed in Bergen County Superior Court.
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August 09, 2024
A former public defender in North Carolina failed to show how her equal protection and due process rights were violated during an allegedly botched internal investigation of her sexual harassment claim, a federal judge ruled Friday in a candid opinion that nevertheless called out what he described as a "flawed" dispute resolution process for judiciary employees.
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August 09, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for potential preliminary approval of a $16.65 million settlement in a wage and hour suit by pilots. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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August 09, 2024
The bankrupt parent company of iconic steakhouse chain The Palm Restaurant wants a federal court to halt a lawsuit filed by its ousted general counsel because its 2019 bankruptcy case has not been dismissed.
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August 09, 2024
This week, a New York federal judge will consider a professor's request for an injunction blocking the University of Rochester from revoking her clinical privileges while she pursues a racial bias lawsuit against the school. Here, Law360 explores this and another employment case on the docket in New York.
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August 09, 2024
A Kansas federal judge ruled Friday that Cordell & Cordell PC must face claims in a discrimination suit brought by a former paralegal at the firm, including an assertion she was fired in retaliation for reporting mistreatment and sexual harassment.
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August 09, 2024
Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips added a new partner from Tharpe & Howell LLP in California to bolster its bench of attorneys handling high-stakes class action matters and Private Attorneys General Act claims.
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August 09, 2024
An Oklahoma-based printing company agreed to pay $47,500 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging a mailroom supervisor repeatedly harassed a subordinate after learning about her African ancestry, the agency told a federal court.
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August 09, 2024
A federal jury awarded a Black firefighter $72,000 in damages after finding the city of Clearwater, Florida, fired him because he complained that the fire department refused to promote Black workers and otherwise mistreated them.
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August 09, 2024
Jackson Lewis PC announced Thursday that it had hired two principals in Florida and Virginia whose practices focus on separate but essential areas of labor and employment law, one of whom is joining after spending his entire legal career at his previous firm.
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August 09, 2024
The Sixth Circuit's revival of a video editor's suit alleging he was fired for taking COVID-19 precautions made clear that workers punished for breaking with their employer's faith can pursue religious discrimination claims, highlighting an avenue for bias suits that employers may not have on their radar.
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August 09, 2024
Florida-based cannabis company Trulieve has agreed to settle a mixed-race former employee's suit alleging he was fired after complaining that a manager repeatedly made racist comments, including calling him a slur, the worker told a Florida federal court.
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August 08, 2024
A former engineer suing defense contractor Parsons Corp. for discrimination pushed back Thursday against the company's bid to disqualify his counsel, Maynard Nexsen PC, for allegedly representing both parties at the same time, saying the firm did not actually represent Parsons.
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August 08, 2024
Little Rock, Arkansas, has to cover some attorney fees incurred by an ex-city worker who sued the city for sex bias even though she didn't score any damages, the Eighth Circuit ruled Thursday, stating the city took too long to file a motion that could have ended the case.
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August 08, 2024
The Second Circuit refused to reopen a former medical resident's lawsuit alleging he was repeatedly blocked from advancing in the program because he's Indian and Sikh, finding Thursday that it was inferior clinical work that stymied his progress rather than bias.
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August 08, 2024
Major League Baseball and Brandon Cooper, a former minor league umpire accusing the league of firing him in retaliation for his reporting a female umpire's harassment, are discussing a settlement of his lawsuit, according to a joint letter asking a New York federal judge to pause the case.
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August 08, 2024
The Eighth Circuit recently ruled that a 2-year-old law aimed at sparing sex misconduct claims from mandatory arbitration allows a former Chipotle worker to sue even though her alleged sexual assault happened before the law was enacted, a worker-friendly decision that experts say gives other courts a road map for interpreting the statute. Here, experts break down the appeals court's opinion.
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August 08, 2024
A North Carolina publishing company refused to interview or hire a job applicant after learning she would need a sign language interpreter because she's deaf, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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August 08, 2024
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday scrapped $50,000 in sanctions imposed on a Texas employment law firm for accusing United Airlines Inc. of committing medical leave retaliation even after it learned that its client may have fabricated evidence, ruling that the firm wasn't able to properly defend itself.
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August 08, 2024
A staff attorney accused the New York City Administration for Children Services of abruptly revoking his years-old disability accommodations while he was recovering from heart surgery, alleging in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that the administration tried to force him to quit after he filed a state court action and a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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August 08, 2024
Chief Justice Stuart Rabner of the New Jersey Supreme Court will not have to sit for a deposition in a suit brought by a former Superior Court judge over the denial of her disability pension application, a Garden State judge ruled Thursday.
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August 08, 2024
A former physician assistant shouldn't have to arbitrate her suit claiming she was fired over religious objections to the use of patients' preferred pronouns, Kansas and Nebraska told the Sixth Circuit, arguing the worker can't be forced to litigate constitutional and civil rights claims behind closed doors.
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August 08, 2024
A former executive of a Texas legal tech company has asked a New York federal judge not to let her former law firm force her to arbitrate sexual harassment claims against the firm and its legal technology partner, ClaimDeck.
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August 07, 2024
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive a Texas woman's lawsuit accusing Dow Chemical of age discrimination and retaliation, saying in a published opinion that the former senior health service manager failed to properly exhaust her administrative remedies before filing suit.
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August 07, 2024
A former Mayer Brown LLP attorney has accused the firm of refusing to accommodate her breast cancer diagnosis and instead retaliating against and eventually firing her, according to a suit filed in New York state court.