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Can A Judge Really Say African American Does Not Mean Black—And That Calling Someone “Monkey” Is Not Racist? Some race discrimination cases are very clear. However, that does not stop some judges from messing it up. The District Court actually decided that when Thomas...
Remote work has become one of the biggest workplace disability discrimination issues of our time. What started as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic quickly turned into a long-term question: should employees with disabilities have the right to work from...
Yes. Winning in front of a jury does not always guarantee victory for an employee. Imagine the celebration when nine employees, who sued for race/color discrimination and retaliation, each received a jury award of $7 million in their workplace discrimination case—only...
Do Public Employees Have First Amendment Free Speech Rights At Work? Yes, public employees have free speech rights under the First Amendment. But those rights are not unlimited when it comes to workplace conduct. Courts apply a balancing test: does the speech address...
Let’s talk about race discrimination at work. Work rules should apply equally to Black and White employees. Rules and discipline should not change based on the color of an employee’s skin. Belinda Mann gave 35 years of her life to Koch Foods. She believed her...
If you are an employee who took a short medical leave for anxiety or stress and returned ready to work—only to be fired on your first day back—you may be wondering if your employer just broke the law or committed disability discrimination. This is not just a...
If your boss does something inappropriate, unfair, or just downright disrespectful, it is natural to wonder whether you can sue. After all, employees should not have to put up with bad behavior at work. But here is the hard truth: just because your employer acts badly...
Being pregnant doesn’t mean you’re untouchable at work. Just ask Lauralee Richmond. In Richmond v. Team One Contract Services, L.L.C., No. 24-40815, 2025 WL 2206981 (5th Cir. Aug. 4, 2025), she claimed pregnancy discrimination after getting fired while seven months...
Let’s say you’re a tenured law professor at a prestigious law school. You’ve got the job security with tenure that most people only dream about. But then you disrupt a student conference, yell at the dean’s assistant, publicly blast your colleagues through a faculty...
Sometimes, your own words can come back to haunt you—especially if you say the wrong thing to the EEOC. Just ask Adam Gomez. When he filed an charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) against his employer, he checked the box that said he was not...