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EEOC Releases Preliminary FY 2019 Enforcement Statistics Showing Significant Reduction in Its Charge Backlog

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published preliminary statistics that shed light on the agency’s overall enforcement efforts

By |2020-09-21T13:54:20-05:0012/13/2019|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , |Comments Off on EEOC Releases Preliminary FY 2019 Enforcement Statistics Showing Significant Reduction in Its Charge Backlog

NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With NLRB, Arguing That National Labor Relations Act Does Not Protect Racist and Sexist Speech at Work

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in a case

By |2019-11-15T16:49:00-05:0011/15/2019|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment, Labor Relations|Tags: , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With NLRB, Arguing That National Labor Relations Act Does Not Protect Racist and Sexist Speech at Work

Ninth Circuit, Bowing to Supreme Court Holdings, Joins Other Appeals Courts by Ruling That Plaintiffs Alleging ADA Discrimination Must Prove Disability Was the But-For Cause of Adverse Action

Overturning its own longstanding precedent regarding the proper standard of proof applicable to claims of discrimination brought under the federal

By |2019-10-27T23:12:47-05:0010/27/2019|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , |Comments Off on Ninth Circuit, Bowing to Supreme Court Holdings, Joins Other Appeals Courts by Ruling That Plaintiffs Alleging ADA Discrimination Must Prove Disability Was the But-For Cause of Adverse Action

Federal Trial Court Declines To Certify Claims of Class-wide “Pattern or Practice” Sexual Harassment

In a notable recent class action ruling, an Illinois federal trial court has declined to certify an attempt by a

By |2020-09-21T13:54:22-05:009/29/2019|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Federal Trial Court Declines To Certify Claims of Class-wide “Pattern or Practice” Sexual Harassment

NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Supreme Court, Arguing That But-For Causation Standard Applies to “Section 1981” Race Discrimination Claims

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving the burden of

By |2019-09-08T15:41:43-05:009/8/2019|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Supreme Court, Arguing That But-For Causation Standard Applies to “Section 1981” Race Discrimination Claims

Ruling by Tenth Circuit Highlights Once Again How Courts Are Inclined To Enforce Overbroad EEOC Subpoenas

In yet another example of how the federal courts typically side with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) when a

By |2019-08-04T21:53:52-05:008/4/2019|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Ruling by Tenth Circuit Highlights Once Again How Courts Are Inclined To Enforce Overbroad EEOC Subpoenas

President Trump Announces Intent To Nominate DOL Official Keith Sonderling, Renominate Commissioner Charlotte Burrows To Fill EEOC Vacancies

President Trump last week announced his intent to fill two vacancies on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by nominating

By |2019-07-14T21:57:06-05:007/14/2019|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: |Comments Off on President Trump Announces Intent To Nominate DOL Official Keith Sonderling, Renominate Commissioner Charlotte Burrows To Fill EEOC Vacancies