• age discrimination
• Executive employment
• Title VII

When is an employer’s reason for firing you actually a pretext for discrimination?

In employment litigation, some of the most important evidence is centered on the question of…

• Glass ceiling discrimination
• Retaliation
• Title VII

The difference between illegal retaliation and unfair (albeit lawful) treatment

Retaliation claims are the single most common type of complaint received by the U.S. Equal…

• LGBT discrimination
• Title VII

What is H.R. 5, aka the Equality Act?

A pressing topic in employment discrimination law over the last few years has been whether…

• Appeal
• Similarly situated employee
• Title VII

Employee wins federal appeal involving commonly-used defenses in employment discrimination cases

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision (Haynes v. Waste…

• Similarly situated employee
• Title VII

Who is a “similarly situated” employee? New answers from a federal appellate court shed some light

A recent federal court of appeals case sheds new light on the question of who…

An appreciation of Ann Hopkins, a glass ceiling pioneer

Ann Hopkins recently passed away, nearly 30 years after her seminal Supreme Court case helped…

Class action gender pay discrimination case settles for $45 million

Family Dollar agreed to pay $45 million to a class of female store managers who…

• Corporate Whistleblower

$13 million awarded in sexual harassment jury trial

A federal jury awarded over $13 million in damages to a single plaintiff in a…

• False Claims Act Whistleblower

Eric Bachman interviewed by Bloomberg Law about discrimination protections for gig workers/independent contractors

Given the soaring numbers of people working as independent contractors (gig workers) rather than traditional…

• Medicare/Medicaid Whistleblower

The interplay between Title VII and the Equal Pay Act and why it matters in your pay discrimination claim

Two of the main federal laws that help ensure female employees are paid the same…