Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Milbank are among six law firms that resolved probes of their diversity practices by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, they told state attorneys general.
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BigLaw partner was demoted and later told to hang up his spurs, age-bias suit alleges
Fox Rothschild no longer has a mandatory retirement age of 72.
Supreme Court considers whether police officer’s job transfer was sex discrimination under Civil Rights Act
As an officer in the intelligence division of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Sgt. Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow worked on public corruption and human trafficking cases, and at one point she led the gun crimes unit. She was assigned to an FBI task force, which brought overtime pay opportunities and a police vehicle she could drive home at night.
Kirkland & Ellis must face ex-associate’s sex bias claims, federal court says
A former associate in the intellectual property litigation group at Kirkland & Ellis in San Francisco can move forward with her sex discrimination lawsuit against the law firm, a federal judge in California ruled Wednesday.
Supreme Court rulings on labor and employment law leave many unanswered questions
Although they did not receive the headlines of the most high-profile decisions of the October Term 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two important cases concerning the law of the workplace.
Postal worker who quit over Sunday hours gets new chance for religious-bias claim, thanks to Supreme Court
Workers seeking a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act may have an easier time in the courts as a result of a decision Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court considers Title VII accommodation for Christian postal worker who wouldn’t work on Sundays
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide the case of a Christian postal worker who quit his job after he was disciplined for refusing to work on Sundays for religious reasons.
Courthouse made excuses for ‘creepy’ behavior from judge accused of sexual harassment, former intern says
A Michigan judge who also served as an adjunct law professor is leaving the bench, after a Michigan State University investigation found it likely that he sexually harassed an intern, who was a student at the law school.
‘The good ship 5th Circuit is afire’: Majority invented ‘new Title VII sin’ in vaccine case, dissenter says
A federal appeals judge under fire for asking a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer to remove his mask during oral arguments took a different tack in a fiery dissent in a case involving United Airlines’ employee vaccine mandate.
All you need is love—and a contract
For labor and employment lawyers and their clients, this may be an opportune time to revisit their workplace relationship policies.
Law prof’s federal discrimination suit against University of Idaho allowed to go forward
A U.S. district judge last week denied the University of Idaho’s motion for summary judgment on gender and race discrimination claims brought by a Black female law professor who claims she was unfairly denied an associate dean position and a stipend.
Investigators conclude Cuomo sexually harassed women; ‘the typical rules did not apply,’ says one employee
A report by investigators appointed by New York Attorney General Letitia James has found that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, including former and current state employees.