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Supreme Court Continues Sanctions Litigation Against the EEOC

By Greg Mersol on May 19, 2016 Posted in EEOC

A slap in the face, maybe, after 11 years Back in 2005, a prospective driver for a trucking company filed a charge with the EEOC contending that two trainers sexually harassed her during an over-the-road trip. That charge triggered a lawsuit in which the EEOC went on to claim that over 250 other women had been … Continue Reading

Massive EEOC Class Action Slashed to Two Claims on Appeal

By Greg Mersol on March 21, 2012 Posted in Discrimination

On February 22, 2012, the Eighth Circuit handed the EEOC a major defeat in a putative class-wide sexual harassment case it had brought against a trucking company. EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc.pdf, Case Nos. 09-3764/09-3765/10-1682 (8th Cir. Feb. 22, 2012). While the court vacated, at least for the present, a $4.5 million sanction against … Continue Reading