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A Georgia-based payment processor doesn't have to face a former employee's suit claiming she was passed over for a position because she was over 40 and then fired for complaining, as a federal judge ruled she didn't show the company was motivated by bias.

A California state appellate panel expressed doubt Thursday that Tesla could force contractors who later became employees to arbitrate all their claims in a suit accusing the company of tolerating anti-Black harassment, suggesting that allegations stemming from the period before they signed arbitration pacts could be fair game.

A Maine federal judge said Thursday that Bates College must face a Black former football coach's suit claiming he was given substandard housing and subjected to false accusations of sexual misconduct because of his race, ruling the school hadn't provided a legitimate explanation for certain actions.

Jones Day has asked a D.C. federal court to toss a suit brought by two married former associates challenging the firm's parental leave policy, arguing their claims are so lacking in evidence that the ex-employees should be punished for refusing to drop them.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $22 million to resolve a proposed class action accusing the company of loading its 401(k) plan with underperforming and high-cost investment options, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.

A Pennsylvania federal judge has tossed a suit accusing American Airlines of treating military leave differently from time off for jury duty or bereavement, ruling military leave is too distinct and frequent among pilots for it to be considered comparable.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said its former general counsel was expressing personal views and not agency positions when she warned that the EEOC might sue employers if they provide assistance to workers seeking abortions but not other medical procedures.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to wade into a 61-year-old former art teacher's suit alleging that a New York City school relegated her to a subpar classroom and overloaded her classroom roster as payback for complaining about age discrimination.

FedEx should pay a Black former saleswoman more than $366 million in damages for disciplining and eventually firing her for complaining that she was being discriminated against because of her race, a Texas federal jury said.

A former Kirkland & Ellis associate slapped the firm with a sex bias suit in California federal court Wednesday, claiming the partners that ran the intellectual property team held her to stricter standards than her male colleagues and fired her without warning after she complained.