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November 24, 2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: Happy Thanksgiving to our loyal readers of the Workplace Class Action Blog! Our team has been busy at work this Thanksgiving season in wrapping up our start-of-the-year kick-off publication – Seyfarth Shaw’s Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report. We anticipate going to press in early January, and launching the 2021 Report to our readers from our Blog. This will be our 17th Annual Report, and the biggest yet with analysis of over 1,500…

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Leaving The Laches Open: Federal Court Denies Employer’s Dispositive Motions Despite EEOC’s Seven-Year Delay In Filing Suit

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

November 23, 2020

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC-initiated lawsuit – EEOC v. LogistiCare Solutions LLC, No. 20-CV-852, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215486 (D. Ariz. Nov. 18, 2020) – involving allegations dating back to 2013, a federal district court in Arizona denied an employer’s motion to dismiss and motion for summary judgment on the ground of laches, holding there was insufficient information to determine whether…

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EEOC Update: Commission’s Litigation Report Card Trumpets A Surge In Recoveries And A Cut In Backlog

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

November 16, 2020

By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 16, 2020, the EEOC released its “Agency Financial Report” (“AFR”) for Fiscal Year 2020 (here). The AFR is a data compilation regarding the EEOC’s financial health, initiatives, and guiding principles, and the inaugural AFR was released last year for FY 2019. The AFR is an important guide to how the EEOC spent its…

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Petition For Additional Attorneys’ Fees Denied By D.C. Court In Largest Employment Discrimination Class Action Settlement In U.S. History

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

November 11, 2020

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Alex Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent ruling out of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Court assessed a petition for attorney’s fees filed in conjunction with the settlement of a 43-year old sex discrimination class action. After entering into the largest discrimination settlement in United States history – with each of the over 1,000 class members receiving an average award…

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Class Certification Denied In Bus Company Discrimination Suit

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

November 10, 2020

By Gerald L. Maatman and Michael L. DeMarino Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), still lords over employment discrimination class actions nearly a decade later. Indeed, Nelson, et al. v. Pace Suburban Bus, et al., No. 17 C 7697, 2020 WL 6565241, at *1 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 9, 2020), is a reminder that plaintiffs attempting to certify class discrimination claims face significant commonality hurdles…

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Six Workplace Class Action Trends That Employers Should Anticipate With A Biden White House

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

November 8, 2020

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley Seyfarth Synopsis: With the final election results in (or nearly in…), and the White House set to turn “blue” for the next four years, employers can expect the change to bring shifts to the workplace class action landscape. Employers should anticipate that, while leadership of the EEOC will remain in place through the short term, Mr. Biden will bring policy changes on other fronts that may…

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EEOC Update: The Commission Holds Public Meeting On Cooperation Between EEOC, DOJ, And DOL

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

November 2, 2020

By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 2, 2020, the EEOC held its first public meeting of its fiscal year, and the first meeting with its three new commissioners. The public meeting was held so that the Commission could consider a proposed memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) between the EEOC, the Department of Labor (“DOL”), and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) aimed…

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California Federal Court Provides Insight On The Viability Of Class Waivers In The Era Of COVID-19

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

October 27, 2020

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Alex Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the Court examined the viability of class action waivers in the face of claims that the defendants’ negligence led to an outbreak of COVID-19. Ultimately holding that the class waivers previously signed by the plaintiffs were enforceable, the Court’s analysis gives some hope to employers that class…

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EEOC Update: The Commission Finally Releases Its Proposed Amendments For Its Conciliation Process

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

October 8, 2020

By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: As we first reported here, the EEOC announced in August 2020 that it was proposing significant amendments to its conciliation process via a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”), though specific details regarding the amendments were not released at that time. On October 8, 2020, the EEOC followed through and finally released the specifics of the…

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EEOC Fiscal Year 2020 Fizzle? The EEOC’s Year Comes To A Surprisingly Quiet Close

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

September 30, 2020

By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher J. DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: In the last fiscal year before the November 2020 election, the EEOC made significant changes to many of its programs, all in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Like most employers across the country, the EEOC found itself reconsidering its priorities and resources to address the pandemic, issuing a series of guidelines to assist…

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The 2021 Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report Is Almost Here!

Leaving The Laches Open: Federal Court Denies Employer’s Dispositive Motions Despite EEOC’s Seven-Year Delay In Filing Suit

EEOC Update: Commission’s Litigation Report Card Trumpets A Surge In Recoveries And A Cut In Backlog

Petition For Additional Attorneys’ Fees Denied By D.C. Court In Largest Employment Discrimination Class Action Settlement In U.S. History

Class Certification Denied In Bus Company Discrimination Suit

Six Workplace Class Action Trends That Employers Should Anticipate With A Biden White House

EEOC Update: The Commission Holds Public Meeting On Cooperation Between EEOC, DOJ, And DOL

California Federal Court Provides Insight On The Viability Of Class Waivers In The Era Of COVID-19

EEOC Update: The Commission Finally Releases Its Proposed Amendments For Its Conciliation Process

EEOC Fiscal Year 2020 Fizzle? The EEOC’s Year Comes To A Surprisingly Quiet Close

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