Workplace Class Action Blog

By: Matthew J. Gagnon Seyfarth Synopsis: It has been nearly a decade since some states began enacting changes to their equal pay statutes that appeared to some to differentiate those statues fro...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2024/04/key-developments-in-equal-pay-litigation-the-second-circuit-finally-sees-some-daylight-between-federal-and-state-equal-pay-statutes/

By: Yoon-Woo Nam, Alexandra R. Hassell, and Christopher DeGroff Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its 2023 Annual Performance Report and...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2024/04/eeoc-scorecard-how-did-the-commission-stack-up-in-fy-2023/

By: Matthew J. Gagnon We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest edition of Developments in Equal Pay Litigation, available as an eBook here. This report contains our annual analys...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2024/03/now-available-2024-edition-of-developments-in-equal-pay-litigation/

Author: Seyfarth Shaw LLP Each year, our team at Seyfarth analyzes every EEOC case filing—as well as EEOC-related legal decisions from around the country—to compile the definitive A-Z desk re...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2024/01/seyfarths-2024-eeoc-initiated-litigation-report-explains-the-driving-forces-behind-the-surge-in-eeoc-filings/

By: Michael Jacobsen, Connor Bateman, and Yoon-Woo Nam Seyfarth Synopsis: For the final blog in this series regarding the legacy of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“TransUnion”), the Workplace ...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2024/01/no-harm-no-foul-the-legacy-of-transunion-two-years-later-part-4-2/

By: Michael Jacobsen, Chris Kelleher, and Yoon Woo-Nam Seyfarth Synopsis: As reported here, for the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings regarding Article III standing in Tr...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2023/12/no-harm-no-foul-the-legacy-of-transunion-two-years-later-part-3/

By: Christine M. Costantino, Taylor Iaculla, and Andrew Scroggins Seyfarth Synopsis: One of the most anticipated employment cases of the term was recently argued before the United States Supre...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2023/12/justices-mull-fundamental-change-to-proving-claims-of-discrimination-during-oral-argument-on-muldrow-v-city-of-st-louis/

By: Rachel V. See Seyfarth Synopsis: Following President Biden’s comprehensive Executive Order on AI, the White House announced the formation of the “US AI Safety Institute” within the Comm...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2023/11/how-the-federal-governments-ai-risk-management-practices-will-set-the-standard-a-closer-look-at-government-action-following-president-bidens-executive-order-on-ai/

By: Danielle Kays and Kristin Stokes Seyfarth Synopsis:  While the plaintiffs’ bar has aggressively pursued class actions under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in recent yea...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2023/11/gipa-the-next-big-thing-in-privacy-class-actions-against-illinois-employers/

By: Matthew J. Gagnon Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 17, 2023, the Second Circuit issued the eagerly-awaited decision in Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America. The court clarified that the ...

https://www.workplaceclassaction.com/2023/10/second-circuit-clarifies-that-federal-equal-pay-act-does-not-require-factor-other-than-sex-defense-to-be-job-related/