Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent ruling out of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the Court denied approval of a consent decree agreed upon by the EEOC and a defendant, taking issue with the decree’s...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In Ituah, et al. v. Austin State Hospital, a federal magistrate judge in Texas recently recommended the denial of a motion for class certification brought by patients alleging disability discrimination...more
1/16/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discovery ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FRCP 23 ,
FRCP 23(a) ,
FRCP 23(b)(2) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Lost Evidence ,
Numerosity ,
Psychiatric Hospitals ,
Rape ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Section 504 ,
Sexual Assault
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit alleging that an employer failed to accommodate and then wrongfully terminated a laundry technician with anxiety, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal district court in Arkansas recently denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment on two EEOC-initiated ADA claims – in EEOC v. Crain Automotive Holdings LLC, No. 4:17-CV-627, 2019 U.S. Dist....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal district court in Kansas recently granted the EEOC’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in an ADA lawsuit brought against UPS and an employee union...more
8/10/2018
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Medical Evaluation Reports ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Unions ,
UPS ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC-initiated systemic lawsuit alleging that a senior living and nursing facility operator violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by failing to offer employees light duty as a...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an ADA action alleging that a maker of train components discriminated against a group of applicants by regarding them as disabled, a federal district court in Illinois granted the EEOC’s partial motion...more
12/8/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Conditional Job Offers ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Medical Examinations ,
Railroads ,
Summary Judgment
Seyfarth Synopsis: After an employer circulated a letter to 146 employees discussing an employee’s EEOC Charge that alleged discrimination on the basis of his disability in violation of the ADA, a federal district court in...more
8/29/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Internal Communications ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Reasonable Accommodation
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Sixth Circuit recently affirmed a U.S. District Court’s decision granting the EEOC’s application to enforce a subpoena in a disability discrimination investigation, finding that company-wide...more
6/15/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Confidential Information ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Medical Records ,
Retaliation ,
Subpoenas ,
UPS
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently held that a district court did not abuse its discretion when it declined to enforce a far-reaching EEOC administrative subpoena relating to one...more
3/3/2017
/ Appeals ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Pattern or Practice ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Standard of Review ,
Subpoenas ,
Unduly Burdensome
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an ADA action regarding disability discrimination, the Fifth Circuit reversed a District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the employer and against the EEOC, noting that even though the...more
10/17/2016
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Light-Duty Positions ,
Medical Leave ,
Nurses ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Reversal ,
Summary Judgment ,
Wrongful Termination
Anti-discrimination laws command that “thou shall not retaliate…” The recent ruling in EEOC v. Day & Zimmerman NPS, Inc., Case No. 15-CV-01416 (D. Conn Apr. 12, 2016), is a case study in how employers can be taken to task for...more