By Kathryn “Chris” Palamountain
We normally pass on blogging about briefs filed by a party before a court ruling, but Texas’ litigation against the EEOC and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is not shaping up to be just an everyday lawsuit.
This is a must read for employers. It goes to the heart of what
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Our readers have given us wide-ranging feedback since the launch of our annual EEOC litigation study, EEOC-Initiated Litigation: Case Law Developments In 2013 And Trends To Watch For
By Christopher DeGroff, Reema Kapur, and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
We are pleased to offer a year-end bonus for all of our loyal readers of our blog – a pre-publication preview of our annual study of EEOC litigation is here: the launch of our book entitled EEOC-Initiated Litigation: Case Law Developments In 2013
By Pamela Q. Devata, and Howard M. Wexler
In a scathing opinion issued today in EEOC v. Freeman, No. 09-CV-2573 (D. Md. Aug. 9, 2013), Judge Roger Titus of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed a nationwide pattern or practice lawsuit brought by the EEOC (previously discussed here and here
In a highly anticipated decision issued yesterday in one of the EEOC’s most high profile cases, Chief Judge Linda R. Reade of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa ordered the EEOC to pay $4,694,442.14 in attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs in the case of EEOC v. CRST
By Courtney Bohl, Christopher DeGroff, and Reema Kapur
On July 11, 2013, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) introduced the Veterans and Servicemembers Employment Rights and Housing Act of 2013. The bill seeks to prohibit discrimination against veterans and servicemembers seeking employment or housing opportunities. If adopted,
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley
On May 17, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rendered its opinion in EEOC v. Memphis Health Center, Inc., Nos. 11-6426/27 (6th Cir. May 17, 2013), and held that a prevailing ADEA defendant can recover its attorneys’ fees against the EEOC
By Rebecca Bromet, and Christopher DeGroff
On May 10, 2013, the EEOC released its Quality Control Plan (“QCP”) draft principles. In an accompanying press release, the EEOC said that the “[Quality Control Plan] will revise criteria to measure the quality of agency investigations and conciliations throughout the nation.”
If the Plan is
By Christopher DeGroff and Robb McFadden
Fresh on the heels of a full defense verdict in one of the EEOC’s highest profile sexual harassment cases of 2012-2013, the Commission was dealt another blow on April 19, 2013, when the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington dismissed a closely related retaliation case because
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