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Latino construction workers agree to $2.5 million settlement 

By: Tony Ogden
Published: May 24, 2010

Tags: Minnesota, race discrimination

Attorneys for eight Latino construction workers have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement in their class-action “fair pay” suit against Mahtomedi-based drywall contractor Mulcahy Inc. 

Jury awards fired KC police officer $6.5 million 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: April 8, 2010

Tags: race discrimination, whistleblower, wrongful discharge

A Missouri jury yesterday awarded $6.5 million to a former Kansas City police officer who claimed he was fired because he is black and a whistleblower.

USDA to pay black farmers $1.25B for loan bias 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: February 19, 2010

Tags: civil rights, race discrimination

The U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle more claims by black farmers who said they were discriminated against in federal farm loan programs.

Employees can sue for sabotage, punitive scheduling 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: February 9, 2010

Tags: race discrimination, retaliation, Title VII, §1981, §1983

Employees can sue for retaliation based on allegations that they were subjected to workplace sabotage and punitive scheduling after supporting a co-worker’s claim of race discrimination, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.

Lawyers in Kodak bias case detail $9.7M bill 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: January 12, 2010

Tags: attorney fees, race discrimination

The proposed settlement in a discrimination lawsuit against Eastman Kodak Co. comes with a $9.7 million legal bill, and now attorneys handling the case are having to justify those costs. In a series of filings in U.S. District Court in New York last week and Monday, attorneys for the plaintiffs in the class-action suit have spelled out the reasons for that lofty expense.

Albertson’s to pay $8.9M in Colorado bias lawsuits 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: December 16, 2009

Tags: race discrimination, Title VII

The Albertson’s LLC grocery chain will pay $8.9 million to 168 black and Hispanic workers who said they were subjected to racial taunts and a graffiti-laced restroom depicting lynchings and swastikas, federal officials said Tuesday.

SoCal city settles officers’ claims for $18M 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: October 7, 2009

Tags: race discrimination

The city of South Gate, Calif., has paid out $18 million to settle lawsuits filed by a group of officers who said they faced racially-motivated discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the aftermath of the ouster of a Latino police official in 2002, the officers’ attorney said Tuesday.

Supreme Court takes another firefighter case 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: September 30, 2009

Tags: disparate impact, EEOC, firefighter, race discrimination

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide another case involving firefighters and discrimination.

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The Court will address when the 300-day filing period begins to run on an EEOC charge in a disparate impact case brought by firefighters who alleged that the City of Chicago’s aptitude test discriminated against African-American applicants.

$21.4M Kodak race settlement goes before judge 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: September 28, 2009

Tags: race discrimination

The proposed settlement of a pair of lawsuits charging that Eastman Kodak Co. discriminated against African-American employees is now in a judge’s hands.

Independent contractor can sue for discrimination 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: September 14, 2009

Tags: race discrimination

A sales representative’s status as an independent contractor did not prevent her from suing for race discrimination, the 3rd Circuit has ruled.