“Equal Opportunity” Harassment Can Create Liability
Clennon Melton was the only Black employee at a truck dealership in Florida. The owner and other managers regularly made derogatory remarks about non-White customers...
Whistleblower Was Wrong, But Still Wins Case
Manuel Contreras was frustrated. He knew that several coworkers were doing the same job and getting paid more than he was, [...]
Ignoring Harassment Costs More Than Just Money
In 2024, the investment firm Fuzzy Panda Research issued a report which described insurance fraud by a subsidiary of Globe Life, [...]
State Attorneys General Say DEI Is Alive and Well
In February, 2025, a coalition of 16 state Attorneys General issued a Multi-State Guidance Concerning Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Employment [...]
Running Through the Intersectionality
On January 1, 2025, California became the first state to ban intersectional discrimination. What’s that? State and federal cases and the [...]
Supreme Court to Decide Burden of Proof for “Reverse Discrimination” Claimants
Marlean Ames is a heterosexual woman. During her first 10 years on the job, she received various promotions, moving from executive [...]
One Racial Slur By Co-Worker Can Create Hostile Environment
One day, while at work at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, Saras Larkin told her Black co-worker, Twanda Bailey, that [...]
Department of Labor Recovers $274M for Workers Who Weren’t Paid Properly
In fiscal year 2023, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (“WHD”) recovered over $274M in back [...]
Ignoring Harassment = $30 Million and Corporate Reforms
For more than a decade, young women complained that Paul Marciano, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Guess? Jeans, sexually harassed [...]
Eli Lilly Pays Twice in Settlements For Favoring Younger Employees Over Older Ones
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly recently agreed to settle two age discrimination lawsuits, one for $2.4M in a suit brought by the [...]