By Jennifer A. Riley, and Alex W. Karasik
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC-initiated lawsuit – EEOC v. LogistiCare Solutions LLC, No. 20-CV-852, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215486 (D. Ariz. Nov. 18, 2020) – involving allegations dating back to 2013, a federal district court in Arizona denied an employer’s motion to dismiss and motion for
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Matthew Gagnon
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the past 24 hours, the EEOC released a statement: What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19, which gives employers some guidance on how they can navigate the safety concerns associated with COVID-19 while staying in compliance with the
This afternoon six advocacy groups representing the interests of workers and plaintiffs’ class action lawyers filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Mach Mining v. EEOC, No. 13-1019. A copy is here. Authored by the Civil Rights Clinic of the Dickinson School of Law and The Impact Fund, the amicus
The nightmare scenario for a corporate counsel is being on the receiving end of an EEOC lawsuit where the Commission sues on behalf of a class of allegedly injured individuals based on a purported discriminatory pattern or practice. More often than not, the EEOC does not limit the temporal scope of its claims, and sues
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Howard M. Wexler
As we previously blogged about, most recently here, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari in Mach Mining, LLC v. EEOC (No. 13-1019) could be a game changer in EEOC-related litigation. In Mach Mining, the Seventh Circuit ruled that an alleged failure to conciliate
By Christopher DeGroff and Julie Yap
Over the past year, the EEOC has been under fire for its failure to conciliate with employers before filing a case in federal court. Conciliation is a mandatory step the EEOC must take and employers view it as is an essential function of the agency. Conciliation goes to the
By Laura Maechtlen and Michael Wahlander
Earlier this week, a federal district court in Nebraska dealt the EEOC two more blows in addition to its recent trial defeat in EEOC v. JBS USA, LLC, 8:10-CV-318 (D. Neb.), when it denied the EEOC’s request for a new trial and certified its trial ruling as an