The Sixth Circuit reinstated Monday a male General Motors worker's sex bias suit claiming he got harsher discipline than a female colleague, ruling his case needs a second look after the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the standards for discrimination cases brought by workers in majority groups.
The National Labor Relations Board's new general counsel, Crystal Carey, has broken tradition set by her predecessors through her recent announcement that she will not issue a widely expected memo establishing her policy priorities, but experts do not expect the memo's absence to noticeably affect prosecutions at the board.
The Ninth Circuit will analyze the scope of a law barring mandatory arbitration in sexual harassment disputes, while the Seventh Circuit will consider a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability bias case against Walmart before tackling a religious discrimination suit over pharmaceutical giant Lilly's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Here, Law360 looks at three oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in February.