Recent reports that National Football League team representatives asked prospective players about their sexual preferences drew a warning from New York's attorney general on Thursday and a demand that the league ramp up efforts to prevent such questioning, which is illegal in many jurisdictions.

A California judge on Tuesday threw out an $8.5 million jury award to former “The Price is Right” model Brandi Cochran, saying her pregnancy bias case against the show's producers should be retried because he did not instruct the jury properly on a key issue.

In a closely watched decision in favor of the city of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court held Thursday that employers can’t be on the hook for damages when discrimination factors into a termination if the worker would have been fired anyway for a legitimate reason, a ruling that could quash discrimination, wrongful firing and whistleblower retaliation suits across the state, attorneys say.

Atlantic City, N.J.’s Trump Taj Mahal has been hit with an age discrimination lawsuit filed in a New Jersey state court by 20 former employees who say they were fired for being too old.

Nearly three years after she lost her job as a model on "The Price is Right," a California jury on Tuesday awarded Brandi Cochran $776,000 in compensatory damages on her claim that the game show's producers discriminated against her because she was pregnant.

The First Circuit sided with a group of Massachusetts baristas Friday in their long-running battle with Starbucks, affirming that shift supervisors can't dip into the baristas' tip pools and ordering the coffee giant to pay the group $14.1 million in damages over lost tips.

A Los Angeles judge on Friday preliminarily approved Robert Half International Inc.’s $19 million settlement with a class of 4,000 recruiters and other professionals who claim the staffing company failed to pay overtime and provide meal and rest breaks, among other labor law violations.

An ex-worker who never signed the Sports Club Co.'s arbitration pact but stayed on board after learning that the agreement was a condition of employment doesn't have to arbitrate her wrongful termination and sexual harassment case, a California appeals court said Tuesday.

The NY Yankees' ownership hit fans with up to 20 percent service charges for ordering food to be delivered to their premium seats, but did not pass that money along to waiters, according to a suit filed on Friday by 32 servers seeking potentially millions of dollars in damages.

A CA judge's recent rejection of Home Depot's bid for broad access to social networking posts made by a former employee bringing a discrimination lawsuit shows that courts are still grappling with where to draw the line on discovery from social media sites.

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a California bill that raises the bar for an employer to deny accommodation for a worker’s religious dress, grooming or other needs. This move continues to expand employees’ rights in California and is likely to encourage more litigation over religious discrimination, attorneys said Monday. It was approved on Saturday and set to start taking effect in 2013 under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

A California judge on Tuesday certified a class of more than 11,000 current and former Verizon California Inc. employees who claim the cellphone provider violated a state labor law by omitting their pay periods, hourly rates and other required information from wage statements.

An orthodox Jewish woman has sued Toys “R” Us Inc. in New Jersey for discrimination because the toy retailer allegedly fired her because she refused to work Friday nights and Saturdays based on her religious beliefs.

PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A pair of Pennsylvania women are claiming pregnancy discrimination in connection with a casino's alleged policy of transferring pregnant cocktail servers "once their uniforms no longer fit." Alycia Campiglia and Christina Aicher say they worked as cocktail servers, or Parkettes, for Parx Casino, just outside Philadelphia, and that when they became pregnant, they were told that a "maternity uniform" was out of the question. "You can only continue to work as a cocktail server up until there is no costume left to fit you" and "You are not allowed to alter the uniform," a human resources manager told one of them, according to a federal suit filed Thursday in Philadelphia. The women's only option was a demotion to a "concession stand" position, their lawsuit says.

Activision Ends 'Call Of Duty' Contract Row With Ex-Employees
Activision Blizzard Inc. reached a settlement Thursday to resolve its dispute with the creators of blockbuster videogame "Call of Duty,” who had accused Activision of firing them to avoid paying millions of dollars in royalties from the game

Nordstrom Can't Halt Wage Action During 9th Circ. Appeal Fight
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that a wage-and-hour class action by employees against Nordstrom Inc. should continue despite the retailer’s pending Ninth Circuit appeal of an earlier ruling that refused arbitration in the case

Muslim Woman Wins $5M Verdict In AT&T Bias Case

A Jackson County, Mo., jury on Thursday handed $5 million in punitive damages to a woman who accused AT&T Inc. of discrimination for firing her her after she converted to Islam and began wearing a hijab to work, according to media reports.

Patton Boggs LLP on Tuesday said a former employee who hit the law firm with a $12 million sexual harassment suit last month was terminated after other employees complained about her workplace conduct.

Hospital Patient Wins $67,359,753.00 Judgment in Sexual Assault Lawsuit

A jury awarded Courtney Rosenberg $67,359,753.00 after Encino-Tarzana Regional Hospital failed to prevent her sexual assault by Ramon Rodas Gaspar, a nursing assistant at the hospital.  Prior to the assault, at least four women had complained of similar incidents involving Gaspar.  Rosenberg argued that the hospital consciously disregarded its patients’ safety by failing to adequately investigate the prior incidents. Stephen Solomon, Senior Partner at Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson, commented, “When the hospital received the previous reports about Gaspar, it was on notice that this guy posed a danger to patients at the hospital.  The jury clearly felt that the hospital should have done something to prevent Gaspar from harming more patients.”

Former Employee Files Discrimination and Harassment Claims Against John Elway’s Manhattan Beach Toyota Dealership

Timothy Sandquist claims that he was subjected to widespread harassment and racial slurs during his 11 years of employment at John Elway’s Manhattan Beach Toyota Dealership.  Sandquist, who is African American, also claims that he was paid less than his white peers and was overlooked for promotions. Ryan Kroll, Partner at Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson, commented, “When unwelcomed racial comments and conduct are so bad and so frequent that it’s difficult to show up to work in the morning, an employee may have a harassment claim based on a hostile work environment.  Racial comments may also support an employee’s claim that he or she was treated differently because of his or her race.”

A woman has filed a law suit against Starbucks after its employees told her she could not use the bathroom to tighten a screw in her prosthetic leg unless she bought something first.  Janet Marx, of Stockton, CA, says that she was humiliated by the way she was treated.  Marx says other patrons have been allowed to use the bathroom without first making a purchase.  Ralph Saltsman, Senior Partner at Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson, commented, "California law requires that businesses treat customers equally--including equal access to facilities--regardless of a customer's race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability."

Sexual harassment gains national attention

Republican presidential hopeful and former head of the National Restaurant Association, Herman Cain, faces a third sexual harassment allegation from a former employee. Stephen Jamieson, partner at Solomon Saltsman & Jamieson, remarked “There is a very interesting clash here between Cain’s legal obligation not to comment on these claims due to binding confidentiality agreements, and his political incentive to speak out."