Erin Mulvaney

June 22, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting en banc, will take up Dale Kleber's case against CareFusion Corp. The longtime attorney sued the company after he wasn't hired for a senior counsel position that included a seven-year experience cap.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

June 22, 2018 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting en banc, will take up Dale Kleber's case against CareFusion Corp. The longtime attorney sued the company after he wasn't hired for a senior counsel position that included a seven-year experience cap.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

June 22, 2018 | National Law Journal

“There is a bit of a push, pull that you will continue to see,” says Michael Phillips of McGuireWoods. “The Supreme Court is knocking down obstacles and other judges are not as enthusiastic from a policy point of view. That dynamic won't end anytime soon.”

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

June 21, 2018 | Law.com

Littler's teaming up with a lobby shop to shape policy discussions on artificial intelligence. Plus: Jones Day is the latest firm sued over gender equity. Scroll down for who got the work in the big Tesla case and to see some of the big new hires and promotions.

By Erin Mulvaney

7 minute read

June 18, 2018 | National Law Journal

Major U.S. companies including Microsoft Corp., Airbnb Inc., eBay Inc., and Viacom Inc. are backing the worker. Meanwhile, conservative states lined up against liberal-leaning states, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission threw its support to the employee, Mark Horton, whose dispute is playing out in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

By Erin Mulvaney

6 minute read

June 14, 2018 | Law.com

We've got highlights from the EEOC's sexual harassment task force meeting, where management-side and plaintiffs lawyers made observations about #MeToo and what's next. Plus: scroll down for who got the work in some of big cases, and check out the latest on the moves front. Thanks for reading!

By Erin Mulvaney

10 minute read

June 13, 2018 | National Law Journal

The EEOC alleged the freight rail company's physical abilities tests discriminated against female applicants for various posts. The company did not admit liability.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

June 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

“Bad facts make bad law,” Proskauer Rose partner Kathleen McKenna told an EEOC task force studying sexual harassment in the workplace. “A rise in voices suggests arbitration and resolution with nondisclosure agreements are acts of secrecy with sinister connotations. Respectfully, these conclusions, generally, are incorrect.”

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

June 08, 2018 | National Law Journal

"The EEOC's theory was not that fruitless. Precedent may not have favored it, but the fee statute does not punish a civil rights litigant for pursuing a novel, even if ambitious, theory," Seventh Circuit Chief Justice Diane Wood wrote Friday. Jones Day's Eric Dreiband was chief counsel for CVS in the litigation.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

June 08, 2018 | National Law Journal

Sotomayor, speaking at the American Constitution Society's national convention in Washington, said she will pay attention to those law schools and judges who follow the hiring plan and will “react accordingly to those who do not.” She is the latest justice to offer support for a law clerk hiring plan that was announced this year.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read