Title VII

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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...

Comcast v. National Association of African-American Owned Media

June 10, 2019

Supreme Court grants cert. petition concerning the causation standard for proving racial discrimination under 42 USC 1981. The U.S. Chamber filed amicus briefs urging the Court to take this and a...

Fort Bend County, TX v. Davis

June 3, 2019

Supreme Court holds that Title VII’s administrative-exhaustion requirement is not jurisdictional. The Chamber filed a brief at the merits stage trying to oppose this result.

Harris v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.

April 29, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging Eighth Circuit to reject class certification in disability discrimination cases based on so-called Teamsters method of proof.

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

April 11, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant cert. to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim

Comcast v. National Association of African-American Owned Media

April 11, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant cert. to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim

Fort Bend County, TX v. Davis

March 4, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief arguing, at the merits stage, that the U.S. Supreme Court should hold that exhaustion of administrative remedies is a jurisdictional prerequisite for...

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

February 4, 2019

Ninth Circuit denies en banc petition asking it to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim