Holy legal fees, Batman!
By Robin Shea on
Posted in Background Checks

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been ordered to pay $938,771 in attorneys' fees to Freeman after getting its clock cleaned in that lawsuit it filed over background checks and disparate impact based on race and ethnicity. (Freeman had asked for more than $1.5 million.)

In better news for the EEOC, it settled its background-check case against BMW for $1.6 million.

Tags: Annie Hall, Anton Valukas, Attorneys' Fees, Background Checks, BMW, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Escalades, Establishment Clause, Flexible Schedules, Freeman, Golden Rule, Judge Roger Titus, Maryland, Michelle Rippon, Mr. Dithers, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Terry Clark, Yanni

Robin Shea has 30 years' experience in employment litigation, including Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (including the Amendments Act). 
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