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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.