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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an Illinois county's push to review a decision greenlighting a suit alleging that its sheriff's office violated the Family and Medical Leave Act by discouraging a correctional officer from taking leave, keeping in place a Seventh Circuit ruling that employees can sue even if their leave requests aren't explicitly denied.

IT consulting company Infosys and several executives can't avoid a former recruiter's suit alleging a widespread bias against hiring childless women and people under 50, after a New York federal judge said the recruiter's own age and gender may have impacted how the company treated her.

A federal judge refused to toss a California woman's suit alleging that Alight Solutions LLC fired her for her political views after she posted photos of herself at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, ruling that a jury needs to sort out the conflicting characterizations of events.

A California judge has sanctioned Delfino Madden O'Malley Coyle & Koewler LLP for using questions about genitalia and medical history to harass a transgender woman who accused a university of gender identity bias, calling the inquiries "a patent abuse of the discovery process."

A New Jersey long-term care facility owes a Service Employees International Union pension fund over $193,000 for six years of inconsistently paid contributions and associated interest and late fees, according to a suit filed in Washington, D.C., federal court.

A group of American Airlines pilots urged a Pennsylvania federal court not to grant the airline a quick win in a class action alleging the pilots weren't paid when they took short-term military leave, while the company defended its decision not to credit leave time toward the company's profit-sharing program.

A Texas appellate court tossed a suit Tuesday challenging a state law that reformed Houston's pensions for city employees, ruling that the Houston Firefighters' Relief and Retirement Fund doesn't have the exclusive ability to adopt the actuarial assumptions that govern city contributions.

A woman accusing former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Horatio Sanz of assaulting her as a teenager asked a New York state court Tuesday to add Jimmy Fallon, Tracy Morgan and "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels to her suit, alleging they fostered and contributed to a predatory environment.

The Eleventh Circuit gave a former sheriff's deputy another chance at her suit alleging she was fired for reporting that she had been kissed by a superior officer, ruling Monday that the conduct she reported was enough to support a sexual harassment claim. 

A New York federal judge restricted who can be part of a long-running class action accusing Goldman Sachs of systemic gender bias, ruling that employees must have worked at the financial institution long enough to have gone through a performance review that impacted their pay.