Title VII

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Gogel v. Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.

July 29, 2020

En banc Eleventh Circuit holds as a matter of law that employer did not violate Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision by firing a human resources professional for encouraging another employee to...

Yovino v. Rizo

July 2, 2020

Supreme Court denies cert. petition challenging Ninth Circuit decision that Equal Pay Act precludes employers from considering applicants' pay history. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus...

Yovino v. Rizo

April 27, 2020

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant cert. to review divided en banc Ninth Circuit’s decision that Equal Pay Act precludes employers from considering applicants...

Charter Communications, Inc. v. National Association of African-American Owned Media

March 30, 2020

Supreme Court grants, vacates, and remands cert. petition in light of its holding in Comcast v. NAAAOM that a Section 1981 plaintiff must plead and prove but-for causation. The U.S....

Harris v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.

March 24, 2020

Tenth Circuit reverses District Court and decertifies ADA class action because individualized issues predominate over common ones. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief supporting this...

Comcast v. National Association of African-American Owned Media

March 23, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court holds that a race discrimination claim under 42 U.S.C. §1981 requires a plaintiff to show that race was the cause of the defendant’s challenged actions. The U.S. Chamber urged...

Jock v. Sterling Jewelers, Inc.

November 18, 2019

Second Circuit upholds class arbitration, concluding that the parties agreed to have the arbitrator decide and determine class arbitration procedures. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief...

Gogel v. Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.

September 26, 2019

U.S. Chamber urges en banc Eleventh Circuit to hold that a company did not violate Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision by terminating a human-resource employee for fomenting litigation against...

Comcast v. National Association of African-American Owned Media

August 15, 2019

U.S. Chamber leads coalition merits-stage brief urging Supreme Court to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim. The U...

Gogel v. Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.

June 17, 2019

Eleventh Circuit granted rehearing en banc in case regarding proper scope of Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief at the panel stage supporting the...