Patrick Dorrian

Arlington

Senior Legal Editor at Bloomberg Law

Reporter @BLaw covering employment discrimination law. Tweets are my own. RTs are not endorsements.

Articles

#MeToo Arbitration Law’s Impact on ‘Entire Case’ Needs Clarity

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Patrick Dorrian |Carmen Castro-Pagan |Andrew Harris

Practitioners are closely watching federal appeals courts for clarity on whether a recent law that lets workers opt out of sexual harassment arbitration extends to all claims, including those unrelated to employment or the alleged harassment. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was presented with the question in a May 12 appeal by law firm Adams & Reese LLP, while the Second Circuit was asked May 27 to address it in an appeal by TikTok Inc. and its parent ByteDance Ltd.
Narrow Ruling Against Gay Worker Risks Harm, Unsettled Questions

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Patrick Dorrian

The largest federal appeals court in the country is expected to rule narrowly for religious employers in the latest battle over whether they have the right to limit hiring to those who fully embrace their beliefs. The issue before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is whether it should affirm that World Vision Inc.
Southwest Worker Seeks Clarity on Lawyer Training Sanction Order

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Patrick Dorrian

An anti-abortion Christian flight attendant asked the Fifth Circuit on Thursday to amend its ruling nixing religious-liberty training for three Southwest Airlines Co. lawyers to clarify that the rest of a lower court’s sanction order still stands.
Southwest Worker Seeks Clarity on Lawyer Training Sanction Order

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Patrick Dorrian

Asks 5th Cir. panel to affirm rest of contempt sanction standsAlso wants full court review of RLA claims, fee issue guidanceAn anti-abortion Christian flight attendant asked the Fifth Circuit on Thursday to amend its ruling nixing religious-liberty training for three Southwest Airlines Co. lawyers to clarify that the rest of a lower court’s sanction order still stands.
Christian Nonprofit’s Bias Loss to Gay Worker Probed by 9th Cir.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Patrick Dorrian

A Christian organization received strong signals from the Ninth Circuit Wednesday that it will overturn a finding the organization violated anti-bias law by rescinding a gay woman’s offer to work as a customer-service representative. World Vision Inc.
Christian Nonprofit’s Loss to Gay Worker Probed by 9th Cir. (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Patrick Dorrian

A Christian organization received strong signals from the Ninth Circuit Wednesday that it will overturn a finding the organization violated anti-bias law by rescinding a gay woman’s offer to work as a customer-service representative. World Vision Inc.
Pennsylvania Officer’s Sex Harassment, Reprisal Claims Revived

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Patrick Dorrian

Judge didn’t consider some evidence, misweighed other proofAbuse tied to sexual-favors rumors may form ‘unified mosaic’Pennsylvania and its corrections department must face trial on an officer’s claims that she was subjected to a hostile environment and tricked into resigning for complaining about the abuse, the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Pennsylvania Officer’s Sex Harassment, Reprisal Claims Revived

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Patrick Dorrian

Pennsylvania and its corrections department must face trial on an officer’s claims that she was subjected to a hostile environment and tricked into resigning for complaining about the abuse, the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday. A lower court wrongly found that the eight incidents and one rumor it credited as being gender-based weren’t enough to prove sexual harassment under federal and Pennsylvania law, the appeals panel said.
Capstone Logistics Gets Worker’s Bias Verdict Partly Overturned

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Patrick Dorrian

Capstone Logistics LLC was right that an employee who missed work for back surgery didn’t show lost pay or other monetary damages from its interference with her federal medical leave rights, the Eleventh Circuit ruled. A jury’s verdict for the warehouse supervisor under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which awarded him $200,000 for that claim, therefore can’t stand, a unanimous panel said in partially reversing a lower court.
Capstone Logistics Gets Worker’s Bias Verdict Partly Overturned

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Patrick Dorrian

FMLA interference win overturned for lack of proof of damagesCompany stuck with rest of $1.2 million loss to ex-supervisorCapstone Logistics LLC was right that an employee who missed work for back surgery didn’t show lost pay or other monetary damages from its interference with her federal medical leave rights, the Eleventh Circuit ruled.