A smattering of current cases (e.g., Amazon, General Motors, Target) and settled cases (e.g., Home Depot, Fiat Chrysler, and Costco) highlight a litigation trend stemming from issues with COBRA notices.
While a court has now approved the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s $18 million settlement with Activision Blizzard (despite California Department of Fair Employment and Housing’s [DFEH’s] opposition), various lawsuits and
A 2017 racial discrimination lawsuit between Tesla and a former employee, Owen Diaz, resulted in a substantial payout to Diaz (recently reduced to $15 million). The same Tesla plant at
Kevin Berling notified his office manager that he had a social anxiety disorder and, accordingly, requested that the company (Gravity Diagnostics of Kentucky) not throw him a birthday party. When
In a California lawsuit against Amazon, a group of employees allege that Amazon did not reimburse them for work-related expenses incurred while working remotely—a violation of state law. Amazon required
California video game company, Riot Games, settled a gender discrimination lawsuit for $100 million to be split among 2,000+ current and former female employees and contractors. Riot Games also agreed
While ThedaCare voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against Ascension Wisconsin over former employees taking jobs with an Ascension hospital, the lawsuit made national news when the court’s injunction barred former employees
As you may recall, a tornado swept through Kentucky in December, causing substantial property damage and a number of fatalities. Among the wreckage was a candle factory in which 110
In 2003, the NFL implemented the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for various roles. In his new lawsuit against the NFL (and the New York Giants,
