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Conciliation
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Guest Workplace Prof Blog Post: Feldblum on Mach Mining
We are privileged to present as a guest blogger today, Chai R. Feldblum. Chai is a Commissioner on the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), but is writing here on…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit splits on conciliation defense to EEOC suit
A few years ago, the EEOC got socked with a number of penalties in pattern and practice cases for failing to conciliate on behalf of all potential claimants. In EEOC…
Employment & Labor
Seventh Circuit Gives Employers A Lump of Coal And Says Bye-Bye To Failure To Conciliate Defense
By Christopher DeGroff, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Howard M. Wexler The Seventh Circuit just gave the EEOC a very generous present this holiday season. In what is truly a…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
It’s Not Just A Speed Bump: The EEOC Loses Another Battle In Its War On The Mandatory Conciliation Process
By Christopher J. DeGroff and Julie G. Yap The EEOC has been consistent in its message about conciliation: nobody should tell us how to conciliate our cases, not even the…
Employment & Labor
It’s Not Just A Speed Bump: The EEOC Loses Another Battle In Its War On The Mandatory Conciliation Process
By Christopher J. DeGroff and Julie G. Yap The EEOC has been consistent in its message about conciliation: nobody should tell us how to conciliate our cases, not even the…
Employment Class Action Blog
Multiple Courts Criticize EEOC Behavior In Class Cases
By Greg Mersol
Over the last 5 years, the EEOC has become increasingly aggressive in the bringing and pursuit of broad initiatives and, in particular, class litigation. Cynics can debate whether this springs…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
The EEOC Continues Fight To “Shut Down” Judicial Review Of Conciliation Process
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Howard M. Wexler While the Federal Government is shut down for now, the EEOC is trying shut down courts ability to review its conciliation…
Employment & Labor
The EEOC Continues Fight To “Shut Down” Judicial Review Of Conciliation Process
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Howard M. Wexler While the Federal Government is shut down for now, the EEOC is trying shut down courts ability to review its conciliation…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
To What Extent Are The EEOC’s Conciliation Efforts Reviewable, the Seventh Circuit Will Tell Us
On June 28, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted the EEOC's petition for an interlocutory appeal of a district court's decision and order holding that…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Saying Good-Bye To The Failure To Conciliate Defense? – Seventh Circuit Set To Decide Whether Courts Have Any Power To Review EEOC Conciliations
By Christopher DeGroff, Matthew Gagnon, and Reema Kapur Will the Seventh Circuit immunize the entire conciliation process from judicial review? It will if the EEOC has its way. The EEOC…