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Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Per-Scan Damages for BIPA Claims
By Danielle Kays and James Nasiri Seyfarth Synopsis: In February 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion in Cothron v. White Castle finding that claims under the Illinois Biometric...
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EEOC Adopts 2022-2026 Strategic Plan With an Emphasis on Large-Scale...
By: Christopher DeGroff, James Nasiri, and Rachel See Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officially adopted its new Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years...
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EEOC and DOL Join Forces – What the Alliance Means for Employers
By: Rachel V. See, Christopher J. DeGroff, and Andrew L. Scroggins Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC and the Department of Labor Wage Hour Division (WHD) have taken an important step toward inter-agency...
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Behind the EEOC Curtain: EEOC’s New Strategic Enforcement Plan Reveals...
By: Christopher Kelleher, Rachel See, Christopher DeGroff, and Andrew Scroggins Seyfarth Synopsis: An essential read for any employer, the EEOC’s final Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP), was released on...
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EEOC Litigation in Overdrive: Deciphering the EEOC’s FY2023 Case Filing Spike
By: Christopher J. DeGroff, Andrew L. Scroggins, and James P. Nasiri Seyfarth Synopsis: Following the EEOC’s aggressive litigation posture in the Obama-era, the Commission’s federal case filings has...
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No Harm, No Foul? The Legacy of TransUnion Two Years Later (Continued)
By: Michael Jacobsen Seyfarth Synopsis: As reported here, to mark the two-year anniversary of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“TransUnion”), the Workplace Class Action blog is examining how each of the...
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Senate Confirms New EEOC General Counsel As New Case Filings Climb
By: Rachel V. See and Andrew L. Scroggins Seyfarth Synopsis: The Senate has confirmed Karla Gilbride as the EEOC’s General Counsel, following an almost two and a half year vacancy. As GC, Gilbride is...
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Second Circuit Clarifies That Federal Equal Pay Act Does Not Require “Factor...
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 federal...
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GIPA: The Next Big Thing in Privacy Class Actions Against Illinois Employers
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 years, these...
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How the Federal Government’s AI Risk Management Practices Will Set the...
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 Commerce...
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Justices Mull Fundamental Change To Proving Claims Of Discrimination During...
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 Supreme Court....
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No Harm, No Foul? The Legacy of TransUnion Two Years Later (Part 3)
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 TransUnion...
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No Harm, No Foul? The Legacy of TransUnion Two Years Later (Part 4)
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 Class Action...
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Seyfarth’s 2024 EEOC-Initiated Litigation Report Explains the Driving Forces...
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 reference...
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Now Available: 2024 Edition of Developments In Equal Pay Litigation
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 analysis of...
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EEOC Scorecard: How Did The Commission Stack Up in FY 2023?
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 a new...
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Key Developments In Equal Pay Litigation: The Second Circuit Finally Sees...
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 from the...
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