By Christopher DeGroff, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Lily M. Strumwasser

This week the Fourth Circuit put its foot down on a decision almost eleven years in the making, ordering the government to pay Propack Logistics $189,113.50 in attorneys’ fees.  This welcome news brings the EEOC’s long battle in EEOC v. Propak Logistics Inc., Case No. 13-CV-1687
Continue Reading Victory At Last: Fourth Circuit Orders EEOC To Pay Up On Hefty Attorneys’ Fees Award

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Howard M. Wexler

In a case we previously blogged about, EEOC v. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, 13-CV-46 (E.D.N.C. Mar. 24, 2014), Magistrate Judge L. Patrick Auld held the EEOC liable for spoliation sanctions based on the “negligence, if not gross negligence” exhibited by the charging party it brought suit on behalf
Continue Reading Court Issues $22,900 Sanction Award Against The EEOC For Spoliation