Ledbetter Act doesn’t save age-bias claims 
Published: December 1, 2011
Tags: age bias, age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
The claim accrual rules of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act did not preserve the age discrimination claims of plaintiffs who accepted lower paying jobs when their positions were eliminated, the 10th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Age discrimination lawsuit untimely
Published: September 28, 2011
Tags: ADEA, age bias, age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, statute of limitations
An age discrimination lawsuit was time-barred because the plaintiff filed her complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission more than 180 days after she received notice of termination, the 5th Circuit has ruled in reversing a jury verdict.
Age-bias plaintiff can sue for hostile work environment
Published: September 14, 2011
Tags: age bias, age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, hostile work environment
An age discrimination plaintiff can pursue a claim for hostile work environment, the 5th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Separation agreement validly waived age-bias claim
Published: July 12, 2011
Tags: age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, EEOC, Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, severance
An employment separation agreement satisfied federal requirements for waiving the employee’s claim for age discrimination, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Age-bias plaintiff can’t sue under ‘cat’s paw’ theory
Published: June 3, 2011
Tags: ADEA, age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Staub v. Proctor Hospital, “cat’s paw” liability
An age discrimination plaintiff could not establish liability by showing that the discriminatory animus of subordinates may have influenced the decision-makers who fired her, the 10th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Title VII plaintiff didn’t waive psychotherapy privilege
Published: April 11, 2011
Tags: ADEA, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, psychotherapist-patient privilege, Title VII
An employment discrimination plaintiff did not waive his psychotherapist-patient privilege merely by seeking damages for emotional distress, a U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia has ruled.
Federal employer must pay interest on back pay award
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 3, 2011
Tags: age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, back pay, Back Pay Act
A federal employer must pay interest on an award of back pay in an age discrimination case, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Federal employee can bring mixed-motive age claim
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 14, 2010
Tags: age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, but-for causation, McDonnell Douglas, Mixed-motive, Price Waterhouse
A federal employee could sue for age discrimination without meeting the traditional burden of proving that age was the “but-for” cause of his failure to obtain a promotion, the D.C. Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
‘Other employee’ evidence inadmissible in age-bias case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 16, 2010
Tags: age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Federal Rules of Evidence
An employment discrimination plaintiff could not introduce evidence that five co-workers had also experienced adverse actions because of their age, the 10th Circuit has ruled.
Lawyer can’t show age discrimination
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 7, 2010
Tags: ADEA, age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act
A 68-year-old lawyer was unable to establish a claim for age discrimination because he couldn’t show he was more qualified that the younger attorney who was hired for the job he sought, the 5th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
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