North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Oct 22, 2025

Ex-Amazon driver sues EEOC over sex bias case shutdown

A former Amazon delivery driver has filed a lawsuit accusing a federal civil right agency of abruptly and unlawfully abandoning her sex discrimination case and others like it following an […]

Aug 14, 2025

Appeals Court upholds dismissal of Navy Title VII case

The 1st Circuit upheld dismissal of a Navy employee’s Title VII sex discrimination claim, finding allegations speculative and unsupported, and rejecting a gender-stereotyping argument.

Aug 19, 2024

SCOTUS blocks new Title IX rules in much of nation

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request. The court voted […]

May 15, 2024

Lawyers weigh effects of Title IX revisions

By Pat Murphy | [email protected] Attorneys representing colleges and universities face the prospect of shelving summer vacation plans to ensure that their clients comply with the reams of Title IX […]

May 9, 2024

4th Circuit upholds firing of gay teacher at NC Catholic school

RALEIGH — A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago, a federal appeals court […]

Jul 12, 2023

Arbitrator awards $1.6M for institutional bias at Morgan Stanley

In what plaintiff’s counsel called one of the more significant arbitration employment law awards in North Carolina, global financial services provider Morgan Stanley was ordered to pay more than $1.6 […]

Sep 17, 2018

Labor & Employment – Sex Discrimination – Hostile Environment Claim – ‘But for’ Plaintiff’s Sex

Even if the male defendants made unwelcome comments to the male plaintiff on a frequent basis, and even if defendant Grady exposed himself to plaintiff on a number of occasions, […]

Oct 25, 2012

Labor & Employment – Civil Rights – Sex Discrimination – Attorney’s Fees & Declaratory Judgment – Failure to Promote – No Damages

Pitrolo v. County of Buncombe Since plaintiff’s main objective was a damages award, which she did not receive, and since no greater public purpose has been served by this lawsuit, plaintiff is not entitled to an award of attorney’s fees.

Jul 12, 2012

Labor & Employment – Civil Rights – Sex Discrimination – Hostile Environment & Retaliation Claims – Isolated Incidents – Poor Performance

Rivers v. Time Warner Cable Inc. Where plaintiff alleged only isolated incidents of non-sexual inappropriate behavior by her superior, she failed to allege a hostile work environment.

Mar 22, 2012

Labor & Employment – Sex Discrimination – Severance Pay Claim – Lay Off

Gerner v. County of Chesterfield, Va. Reversing the trial court, the 4th Circuit says a female county employee laid off after 26 years on the job can sue under Title VII on a claim that she was offered a less favorable severance package than that offered to male employees who held similar positions.

Mar 14, 2012

Labor & Employment – Civil Rights – Title VII — Sex Discrimination – Sexual Harassment – Stalking & Threats — Defamation

Dulaney v. Packaging Corp. of America A female production worker at a Roanoke packaging plant who alleges the male employee who supervised her shift sexually harassed her by stalking her, threatening her with disciplinary action if she did not have sex with him and told other employees she was a “whore” and had a sexually transmitted disease, can pursue her Title VII claim, as the 4th[...]

Jan 19, 2012

Labor & Employment – Civil Rights – Sex Discrimination – Civil Practice – Class Action

Scott v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Where the complaint alleges that plaintiffs were discriminated against based on their gender as a result of subjective decisions made at the local store level, they cannot satisfy the commonality requirement of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a). Defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ class action claims is granted. Plaintiffs allege that defendant disc[...]