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A Black Georgia county tax commission employee saw her responsibilities diminished and was denied a raise after complaining about race discrimination to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a suit filed in federal court.

The Eleventh Circuit said Thursday it won't revive a suit alleging an engineering and environmental services company disciplined and eventually fired a Black employee for complaining about co-workers' racism, finding nothing wrong with a trial court tossing the case.

Two former Jones Day associates challenging the firm's parental leave policy urged a D.C. federal court to hand them a win, arguing any jury would find sexism at least partially to blame for the disparity in leave given to male and female attorneys at the firm.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a proposed privacy rule Wednesday aimed at protecting those who provide or obtain abortions and other reproductive care, in the federal government's latest move following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last June overturning the right to abortion.

A former Sbarro employee won't get a second chance at her lawsuit alleging she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a manager and co-workers, as a Nevada federal judge rejected her assertion that the jury's verdict in favor of the company was tainted by withheld evidence and prejudicial statements.

A split Texas appellate panel said a health care system can't avoid a suit claiming it terminated an employee because she requested desk equipment to help alleviate neck and back pain, finding no issue with a trial court's ruling that the case can move forward.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review the dismissal of a former United Airlines employee's suit claiming she was fired for taking federally protected leave despite her argument that the courts gave United an unfair edge over "cat's paw" bias claims.

The Ninth Circuit on Monday revived a Jehovah's Witness' religious discrimination suit over a California agency's refusal to modify a mandatory loyalty oath, saying it was premature to toss the case based on the agency's claim that cutting her slack would have been overly burdensome.

A New York federal judge handed Barclays a win Friday in a former employee's lawsuit claiming he was sidelined and eventually terminated after raising concerns that his supervisors were violating financial regulations, finding the ex-worker's complaints weren't protected because they involved an internal company rule.

An Illinois federal judge said Tuesday that Jones Day and insurance company Unum have agreed to settle a former practice coordinator's lawsuit alleging the firm unlawfully terminated her and denied her long-term disability benefits after she requested a medical leave of absence.