WASHINGTON, D.C. - Unsatisfied with the ability of the parties in an employment discrimination suit to agree on a protocol for the search for responsive electronically stored information, a federal magistrate judge on Oct. 29 took it upon himself to establish the parameters of the search of the defendants' servers to determine if any information has been lost or destroyed. (Audrey [Shebby] D'Onofrio v. SFX Sports Group Inc., et al., No. 06-687, D. D.C.; 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87905). From Mealey's Litigation Report: Discovery

CHICAGO - An employee who alleged that he was fired after refusing to continue a sexual relationship with his supervisor failed to show that he engaged in any conduct protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 10 (Alshafi Tate v. Executive Management Services, Inc., No. 07-2575, 7th Cir.; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 21193). From Mealey's Litigation Report: Employment Law