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DOJ, Aug. 13, 2021 "The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with JP Senior Healthcare LLC and JP Senior Management LLC, resolving the department’s claims that these companies violated the Immigration and Nationality...

Where a teacher filed a tort claim against her employer alleging violations of New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD), contending that the employer had failed to accommodate her pre-existing disability, her action was not barred by the exclusive...

DOJ, May 17, 2021 "The Department of Justice today announced that it reached a settlement with Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. (Aerojet Rocketdyne), a rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer. The settlement resolves a charge brought by a lawful...

Construing South Carolina law, a federal district court held that a plaintiff's mere showing of proximity in time between her injury and her termination was insufficient to support a claim of retaliatory discharge. Interpreting S.C. Code Ann. §...

A divided Supreme Court of Minnesota held that a firefighter may proceed against his employer for its alleged discrimination under Minnesota’s Human Rights Act (“HRA”) in spite of the fact that he had already received workers’...

DOJ, Feb. 25, 2019 "The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with CFA Institute (CFAI), an international association of investment professionals, headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. CFAI offers...

DOJ, Dec. 11, 2018 - "The Department of Justice announced that it has received a court order yesterday awarding the United States $857,868 in civil penalties, along with other relief, in the Department’s immigration-related employment discrimination...

An employer who waited 10 months after an employee’s work-related injury to fill the position and who offered the employee a number of positions when she sought post-recovery employment did not discriminate against the employee “solely because”...

DOJ, Aug. 29, 2018 - "The Justice Department today announced that it reached a settlement agreement with Clifford Chance US LLP, a large, international law firm with its U.S. headquarters located in New York. This agreement resolves the Department’s...

ACLU, July 26, 2018 - "The ACLU of New Jersey filed suit against 12 school districts throughout New Jersey, spanning from Camden County in the south to Sussex County at the state’s northern edge. The school districts, scattered throughout 10...

DOJ, July 31, 2018 - "Today, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Labor (DOL) expanded their collaboration to better protect U.S. workers from discrimination by employers that prefer to hire temporary visa...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (ELC) reached a settlement with respect to a male employee’s claim that following the birth of his child, he was provided inferior benefits to biological mothers...

MALDEF, May 3, 2018 - "Bank of America illegally denies employment to qualified applicants based on their immigration status even though they are authorized to work in the United States, a lawsuit filed in federal court today charged. MALDEF ...

MALDEF, July 17, 2017 - "Procter & Gamble illegally denied qualified applicants paid internships because of their immigration status, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court. The suit, brought by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal...

DOJ, Nov. 16, 2017 - "The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Washington Potato Company, which operates the Freeze Pack vegetable processing plant located in Pasco, Washington. The agreement resolves...