Title VII

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

March 30, 2020

Supreme Court issues GVR in race discrimination case. The U.S. Chamber filed amicus brief supporting the cert. petition and previously when this case was before the Ninth Circuit in support of...

Harris v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.

March 24, 2020

Declining to address whether so-called Teamsters method of proof is permissible, Tenth Circuit reverses District Court and decertifies ADA class action because individualized issues...

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...

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.