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Franchise 101: Challenging Every Shingle Claim; and A Multistate Twist
Franchisor 101: Challenging Every Shingle Claim A federal district court in Pennsylvania granted in part and denied in part a franchisor’s motion to dismiss a franchisee’s counterclaims alleging fraudulent inducement,…
Employment Class Action Blog
Fourth Circuit Rejects EEOC Expert Report Riddled With Errors
We’ve written before on the questionable statistics used by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in other cases, and a recent court of appeals case involving background checks suggests…
Labor Days
Court of Appeals Dismisses EEOC Appeal of Background Check Suit, Faulting Agency Process
In the appeal of a lawsuit brought by the EEOC over a Texas employer’s use of background checks in the hiring process, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Freeman, the Fourth…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
EEOC Rebuked by Fourth Circuit on Criminal Background Check Litigation
On February 20, 2015, a unanimous panel of the Fourth Circuit affirmed the exclusion of expert testimony by EEOC expert Kevin Murphy and the grant of summary judgment against the…
Employment Law Worldview
Freeman’s Background Check Win Has Little to Do with Background Checks, Everything to Do with EEOC Experts.
The EEOC has pushed hard in recent years to curb employer use of background checks in hiring decisions (see our blog post here). In 2009, the EEOC filed suit against…
Employment Law Spotlight
“Lies, D*mned Lies, and Statistics”: Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Against EEOC on Background Check Lawsuit Based Upon Faulty Statistical Analysis
On February 20, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a Maryland federal district court’s entry of summary judgment against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Law and the Workplace
Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment against EEOC in Background Check Suit
By Daniel Saperstein, Katharine Parker
Last week, in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) v. Freeman, No. 13-2365 (4th Cir. Feb. 20, 2015), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the award of summary judgment against the EEOC in…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Fourth Circuit Deals Body Blow To EEOC Hiring Check Enforcement Litigation
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Pamela Q. Devata, and Jason Englund Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dealt a lethal blow to the EEOC’s hiring check…
Employment & Labor
Fourth Circuit Deals Body Blow To EEOC Hiring Check Enforcement Litigation
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Pamela Q. Devata, and Jason Englund Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dealt a lethal blow to the EEOC’s hiring check…
Employment & Labor
Reflections On The Meaning Of EEOC v. Freeman
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Following our previous post on the stunning ruling earlier this month in EEOC v. Freeman, No. 09-CV-2573 (D. Md. Aug. 9, 2013) - in which…