Dive Brief:
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP, an employment law firm, has released a lengthy report, EOC-Initiated Litigation: Case Law Developments In 2015 And Trends To Watch For In 2016, that details EEOC legal activities and court rulings.
- Authored by lawyers Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher J. DeGroff, and Matthew J. Gagnon, the latest report compiles, analyzes and categorizes the EEOC's major case filings and decisions involving the EEOC in 2015.
- According to Seyfarth, the EEOC's Fiscal Year 2015 was another year of blockbuster decisions that significantly changed the landscape of EEOC-initiated litigation. Notably, 2015 saw the EEOC nearing the end of its 2013-2016 Strategic Enforcement Plan.
Dive Insight:
The report has been arranged into four main parts. For example, Part 1 is a "Corporate Counsel’s Guide to EEOC Litigation: Developments in FY2015." In this section, the report addresses the important developments in fiscal year 2015 as they relate to each stage of an EEOC enforcement action, from the filing of a charge of discrimination through settlement or a determination on the merits.
The other three parts cover "substantive EEOC theories," "important legislative and political developments" and "every significant court decision that came down in 2015."
In addition to these key parts, Seyfarth analyzed significant rulings arising under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), as every year, ADA litigation comprises a significant portion of the EEOC’s filings and the complexity of this statute often confounds employers.
Interested HR leaders and corporate counsel can find more details about the report on the firm's blog page, or directly request an ebook copy here.
