Grace Elletson

Security company GardaWorld urged a North Carolina federal judge to toss a proposed class action claiming it discriminated against tobacco users and those who refused the COVID-19 vaccine by charging them a monthly fee in its health insurance plan, arguing that the fees comply with federal benefits law.

Security company GardaWorld urged a North Carolina federal judge to toss a proposed class action claiming it discriminated against tobacco users and those who refused the COVID-19 vaccine by charging them a monthly fee in its health insurance plan, arguing that the fees comply with federal benefits law.

Macy's urged an Ohio federal judge to ax a U.S. Department of Labor claim that the company discriminated against tobacco users by charging them an extra fee through its health insurance plan, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Loper Bright ruling disqualifies the agency's regulations at issue.

A Black, Nigerian Catholic priest's suit claiming the diocese failed to act and then fired him when he complained that a colleague called him a racial slur was revived by New York's highest court, ruling his case was improperly foreclosed by a religious carveout to the First Amendment.

A Black, Nigerian Catholic priest's suit claiming the diocese failed to act and then fired him when he complained that a colleague called him a racial slur was revived by New York's highest court, ruling his case was improperly foreclosed by a religious carveout to the First Amendment.

The Sixth Circuit reinstated a suit by a Black former State Farm employee claiming her firing resulted from complaining that the company discriminated against nonwhite customers and failed to address racism, saying Wednesday she cast enough doubt on the employer's position that she was canned for mishandling emails.

An Ohio federal judge found Tuesday that AstraZeneca discriminated against a former employee by denying his request to dodge its COVID-19 vaccine mandate because of his Christian convictions, granting him a partial win in his religious bias suit.

The Seventh Circuit said a Black call center worker can't revive her suit claiming Charles Schwab blocked her from career advancements because of her race, ruling that an attorney's error led her to file the case too late, preventing the court from granting her any leeway.

The Third Circuit revived a lawsuit Monday from a fired restaurant worker who said his gender and Turkish heritage earned him undesirable work assignments, saying his case may have been tossed based on a typographical error on his presuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge.

The Third Circuit revived a lawsuit Monday from a fired restaurant worker who said his gender and Turkish heritage earned him undesirable work assignments, saying his case may have been tossed based on a typographical error on his presuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge.