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  1. January 03, 2022

    5 Cases Discrimination Lawyers Should Watch In 2022

    The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a Christian football coach's case claiming his rights were violated when he was suspended for refusing to forgo his postgame prayer ritual, while the D.C. Circuit is poised to rule on whether Title VII forbids job transfers that stem from bias. Here are five discrimination cases employment attorneys should have on their radar in 2022.

  2. September 22, 2021

    Ariz. Must Share Rationale For Trans Health Care Exclusion

    Arizona must fork over documents reflecting the decision-making process behind the state health plan's policy of refusing to cover gender-affirming surgery, said a federal judge, siding with a transgender university professor who says the coverage exclusion violates federal discrimination law.

  3. April 21, 2021

    Trans Prof Wins Documents On Ariz. Health Plan Exclusion

    The state of Arizona must produce documents related to why it excluded gender-affirming surgeries from a trans University of Arizona professor's health insurance plan, a federal magistrate judge has ruled, saying the information is "likely to be the most reliable evidence on the issue."

  4. March 01, 2021

    Trans Prof's Bid To Block Health Care Exclusion 'Premature'

    A federal judge squashed a bid by a transgender University of Arizona professor to block a health plan coverage exclusion for gender dysphoria surgery, saying that to grant his request at this point in the case would be jumping the gun.

  5. December 14, 2020

    Univ. Of Ariz. Says Trans Prof's Fight Is With The State

    The University of Arizona urged a federal judge Monday not to make the school shoulder the potential cost of gender dysphoria treatment for a transgender professor, saying the state controlled the health plan that led to the professor's gender bias case.

  6. December 04, 2020

    Trans Professor Tells Judge To Tap Bostock For Benefits Case

    The federal judge who denied a University of Arizona professor's push to force his health plan to cover gender dysphoria treatment dropped the ball by applying outdated precedent and ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court's June holding that federal law bars discrimination based on gender identity, the professor told a federal court Friday.

  7. December 01, 2020

    Trans Professor Hits Roadblock In Surgery Coverage Suit

    A transgender University of Arizona professor is not likely to succeed in persuading a federal court that his health insurance denied his request for hysterectomy coverage due to gender bias, according to findings issued Monday by a magistrate judge.

  8. October 21, 2020

    Trans Teens Denied New Judge In Health Care Case

    An Arizona federal judge nixed a bid by two transgender teenagers to move a lawsuit alleging that their health plan's refusal to cover transition-related surgery violates federal discrimination law into the hands of a judge already handling a similar suit, saying the cases contain too many differences.

  9. October 02, 2020

    Ariz. Can't Cut Health Care Costs Through Bias, Prof Argues

    Arizona can't prune its health care costs by discriminating against vulnerable residents, said a transgender University of Arizona professor who sued for gender bias when his state employee health plan would not cover his hysterectomy.

  10. September 28, 2020

    Arizona Says Trans Prof's Bias Case Fails Despite Bostock

    Arizona's state employee health care plan isn't obligated to pay for a transgender university professor's hysterectomy even after the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock ruling that federal law bans workplace bias based on gender identity, the Grand Canyon State has told a federal judge.