A Philadelphia legal services organization secured court approval Friday for a $240,000 deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired a staff attorney who was on leave for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts should not use a heightened evidence standard for Fair Labor Standards Act exemption disputes, the holding is turning up in other types of cases, even if its impact is somewhat limited, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores the ruling and how it has played out.
A Black librarian could not show that race discrimination drove a New York school superintendent to pull a job offer from her, the Second Circuit ruled Friday, affirming a federal judge's decision.