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On April 5, 2018, Outten & Golden LLP along with our co-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., filed a disparate impact class action lawsuit Target Corp. in the federal district court for the Southern District of New York. The case, Times v.
Media Coverage Tuesday, December 12, 2017
The Third Circuit was urged during oral arguments on Tuesday to revive class claims accusing the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority of failing to provide job applicants with a chance to respond to consumer reports detailing criminal histories that the agency said disqualified...
Media Coverage Tuesday, August 8, 2017
The Barclays Center, home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, unlawfully denies employment to job seekers with criminal records without giving them required notice of their rights or a chance to explain their convictions, a proposed class of workers alleges ( Kelly v. Brooklyn Events Ctr., LLC...
Media Coverage Tuesday, August 8, 2017
The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, was hit on Friday with a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that it uses a discriminatory criminal history screening policy that denies jobs to potential workers who are otherwise qualified applicants.
Felipe Kelly filed a complaint in New...
On August 7, 2017, Outten & Golden LLP and Youth Represent, on behalf of Felipe Kelly and potential class members, filed suit against Barclays Event Center and related entities ("Barclays"). In the complaint, Mr.
Press Release Monday, August 7, 2017 Unlawful screening of job applicants seeking employment at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn violates federal and state law, according to a federal-court class action lawsuit filed by Outten & Golden LLP and the nonprofit organization Youth Represent....
Press Release Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Outten & Golden LLP filed an Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) charge on May 15, 2017 on behalf of The Fortune Society against Macy's, Inc., alleging that the retailer's criminal background check policies and practices used to screen job applicants results in discrimination in...
On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, Outten and Golden LLP, along with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Media Coverage Friday, May 5, 2017
A Philadelphia-area public transit agency is facing a putative class action in state court over an employment policy that challengers say illegally bars individuals with drug convictions from working as drivers or holding certain maintenance positions.
A trio of would-be Southeastern...
Press Release Thursday, March 30, 2017
Charge: Criminal History Policy Has Disparate Impact on African-Americans
A former temporary employee at a DHL warehouse near Chicago alleges that the company ignores the criminal histories of less expensive temporary workers but runs criminal history checks on...
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