By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik
Seyfarth Synopsis: Court denied employer’s motion for summary judgment in EEOC race and/or national origin discrimination case involving the termination of non-English speaking employees.
In EEOC v. Wisconsin Plastics, Inc., No. 14-C-663 (E.D. Wis. May 5, 2016), the EEOC brought an action alleging discrimination
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Alex W. Karasik
In EEOC v. Consol Energy, Inc., Case No. 13-CV-215 (N. D. W.Va. Feb. 9, 2015), the EEOC brought a religious discrimination suit on behalf of an employee against his coal mining employer defendants, parent company Consol Energy, Inc. and subsidiary Consolidation Coal Company. The Commission alleged
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Christina M. Janice
In an order recently issued in EEOC v Jetstream Ground Services, Inc., Case No. 13-CV-02340 (D. Colo. Sept. 29, 2015), Judge Christine Arguello of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado ruled that the EEOC had satisfied all of its pre-suit conciliation requirements and
By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
In EEOC v. Vicksburg Healthcare LLC, et al., Case No. 13-CV-895 (S.D. Miss. Aug. 27, 2015), a case we have blogged about previously here and here, Judge Keith Starrett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi recently rejected the
By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
In EEOC v. Autozone, Inc., Case No. 14-CV-5579 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 4, 2015), Judge Amy St. Eve of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant and against the EEOC in a case in which the
By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
In EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., No. 12-2484 (6th Cir. Apr. 10, 2015), a case we blogged about previously here and here, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld summary judgment in favor of Ford and against the EEOC in an
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley
After issuing the EEOC a series of defeats on its pattern or practice claims, on January 28, 2015, Judge Laurie Smith Camp of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska found in EEOC v. JBS USA, LLC, No. 8:10-CV-318 (D. Neb. Jan. 28,
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Gina R. Merrill
On September 29, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a high-profile lawsuit brought by the EEOC – entitled EEOC v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., No. 13-2705 (2d Cir. Sept. 29, 2014) – alleging that female
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley
On August 7, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma entered its decision in EEOC v. Midwest Regional Medical Center, LLC, No. CIV-13-789-M (W.D. Okla. Aug. 7, 2014), and granted partial summary judgment in favor of the EEOC.
In a
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Howard M. Wexler
In a case we have previously blogged about several times due to spoliation sanctions imposed on the EEOC – most recently here – the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina finally reached the merits of the case and granted summary judgment in