Bank of America settles LGBT discrimination claim 
Published: February 1, 2013
Tags: Bank of America, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Discrimination, Equal Access Rule, gender discrimination, gender identity, HUD, sexual orientation discrimination
Bank of America will pay $7,500 to settle the first action to enforce the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new rule prohibiting home lenders from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Lacrosse league and ex-coach settle gender lawsuit
Published: October 18, 2012
Tags: Connecticut, gender discrimination, retaliation, youth sports
A former coach who accused a youth lacrosse league of discriminating against girls by giving boys more resources has settled her lawsuit.
Pared down Wal-Mart class action may proceed
Published: September 28, 2012
Tags: class action, gender discrimination, Title VII, Wal-Mart
A gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart may proceed on a limited basis after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the certification of a nationwide class, a U.S. District Court in California has ruled in denying a motion to dismiss.
Homeless group awarded $1 million
Published: September 17, 2012
Tags: age discrimination, Discrimination, gender discrimination, Idaho
A federal jury has ordered the city of Boise to pay $1 million to an organization that helps homeless people because the city discriminated against women and children and retaliated against the organization when board members complained.
Company settles hiring discrimination case for $295,000
Published: September 6, 2012
Tags: gender discrimination, hiring discrimination, Illinois
A federal agency says it has reached a $295,000 settlement with Lund Boat Co. and its Lake Forest, Ill.-based parent, Brunswick Corp., in a hiring discrimination case.
City settles gender discrimination suit for nearly $1 million
Published: August 21, 2012
Tags: gender discrimination, New Mexico
New Mexico taxpayers have to pay out nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit with a former Los Alamos County worker who claimed she was fired because of gender discrimination.
Lawmakers, witnesses debate measure protecting gay workers from discrimination
Published: June 25, 2012
Tags: employment discrimination, gender discrimination, Senate
WASHINGTON – As lawmakers and advocates urged the passage of legislation they say is needed to stop discrimination against gay and transgendered workers, opponents of the measure voiced constitutional concerns at a Senate hearing.
Town agrees to $150,000 gender discrimination settlement
Published: April 19, 2012
Tags: Alabama, gender discrimination, police, sexual discrimination
An Alabama city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by a former police sergeant who claims she’s been excluded from the department’s “good-old-boy network.”
Grad student can sue for Title IX retaliation
Published: March 23, 2012
Tags: civil rights, gender discrimination, retaliation, Title IX, Title VII
A graduate student could sue a state university for retaliating against her for complaining about gender discrimination in her doctoral program, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
City to settle gender discrimination suit
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: gender discrimination, New York, police, sexual harassment
The Syracuse Common Council has approved paying $375,000 to settle a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit filed in 2009 by a female officer of the Police Department.
