Cross v. EEOC
Along with co-counsel at Public Citizen, Towards Justice, and FarmSTAND, Public Justice filed a lawsuit challenging a recent memorandum from the EEOC directing the closure…
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Cross v. Amazon
What’s at Stake In this case, Amazon unsuccessfully tried to avoid liability for allegedly abusing the most basic rights of transportation workers by forcing the workers’ claims into arbitration using a different company’s arbitration agreement and arguing that these transportation workers are not exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Summary In May 2023, three…
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Rumsey v. IBM
What’s at Stake Under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), you have the right to sue your employer for age discrimination up to 90 days after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) completes an investigation into your employer. EEOC investigations sometimes take years. This case is about an arbitration agreement that IBM forced laid…
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Puris v. TikTok
What’s at Stake Ever since Congress passed the Ending Forced Arbitration in Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA) in 2022, companies have been trying to find ways around it. The EFAA says that a plaintiff who brings a case that relates to a “sexual harassment dispute” can elect to bring her entire case in…
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Diaz-Roa v. Hermes Law
What’s at Stake This is the first time the Second Circuit will decide whether the Ending Forced Arbitration in Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) saves the whole case from being forced into arbitration when the plaintiff alleges conduct that relates to sexual assault or sex-based harassment, or whether only the sexual…
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Parsonage v. Walmart
What’s at Stake Standing is the legal principle that decides who gets to bring a lawsuit. Traditionally, a person who has experienced the violation of a statute has standing to bring a claim for that violation. For example, the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) says that people can bring claims when an employer…
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Hohenshelt v. Golden State Foods Corp.
What’s at Stake Many companies now require their customers and workers to accept non-negotiable terms that mandate all disputes with the company must be resolved out of court in private arbitration. Arbitrators are not paid the same way as judges, and their hourly rates and other fees must be paid upfront. In recent years, many…
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Rodgers-Rouzier v. American Queen Steamboat Operating Co., LLC
What’s at Stake The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) says that certain classes of workers (such as seamen or transportation workers) cannot be compelled into arbitrating disputes with employers and have their right to sue an employer in court taken away. This case is about preventing the federal courts from compelling those workers into arbitration under…
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Avery v. TEKsystems
What’s at Stake Corporations that are in the middle of employment lawsuits should not be able get out of litigation by imposing new fine print terms onto the employees that take away their right to sue the employer. Summary In 2022, Bo Avery and his co-workers filed a class action for wage theft against their…