By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
The EEOC recently announced reaching its largest settlement in the last 2 years in EEOC v. Patterson-UTI Drilling Co. LLC, No. 15-CV-600 (D. Colo. Mar. 24, 2015). In this case, Patterson-UTI agreed to settle a race and national origin pattern or practice claim brought by
By William David and Laura Maechtlen
In 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) invited the public to comment on how its significant regulations could be improved by modifying, streamlining, expanding, or repealing them. Since opening its doors for public comments, the EEOC has received 93 comments. The EEOC summarized and responded to these
By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
In Downing v. Riceland Foods, Inc., Case No. 4:13-CV-321 (E.D. Mo. Mar. 19, 2015), Judge Catherine D. Perry of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri certified a class of former MDL plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ counsel who brought suit against one of their
By Courtney Bohl, Christopher DeGroff, and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
On March 18, 2015, in EEOC v. Global Horizons, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:11-CV-03045, Judge Edward F. Shea of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington ordered the EEOC to pay defendants Green Acre Farms, Inc. and Valley Fruit
By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
In Baker v. Microsoft Corp., No. 12-35946, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 4317 (9th Cir. Mar. 18, 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered whether to adopt a rule creating a principle of comity between different federal district courts under which denial of
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Alexis P. Robertson
On March 16, 2015, in EEOC v. Beverage Distributors Co., LLC, No. 14-1012 (10th Cir. 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Tenth Circuit held that the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado erred by providing improper jury instructions on the direct-threat
By Pam Devata, John Drury, and Robert Szyba
On March 13, 2015, the Solicitor General of the United States filed an amicus brief opposing the petition for writ of certiorari filed in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339 (U.S.). The Spokeo petition poses a question with a significant impact on the future
By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
On March 10, 2015, the Administrative Office Of The U.S. Courts released its annual statistics, showing the number of cases filed by subject matter during the 12-month periods ending September 30, 2009 through September 30, 2014. These statistics confirm what we reported in our 11th
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Gina R. Merrill
In 2010, three women filed a class action suit against Goldman Sachs accusing it of gender bias and a “corporate culture” that allegedly favored men over women in determining pay and promotions. After protracted battles over whether Goldman could compel individual arbitration and then over the
By Christopher M. Cascino and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.
In Montgomery v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc., No. 1:12-CV-00149 (W.D. Mich. March 2, 2015), Judge Gordon J. Quist of the U.S. District Court For The Western District of Michigan cut the attorneys’ fee award of the plaintiff’s counsel from a requested $183,168.50 to $6,417