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Rocket Sues HUD to Dismiss Home Appraisal Bias Allegations

Rocket Mortgage is pushing back against U.S. accusations that it’s at fault for lowball appraisals by outside firms that allegedly discriminated against a Black borrower, contending that federal law bars lenders from trying to influence the valuations. The nation’s largest …

HSBC Appeals Decision Reinstating Female Banker’s Discrimination Claim

HSBC on Thursday appealed a tribunal’s decision to reinstate a female, senior investment banker’s lawsuit that alleges the bank victimized and discriminated against her when it did not hire her for a senior sales position in 2018. Carmen Chevalier-Firescu, 41, …

Globe Life Says It May Face EEOC Lawsuit Over Alleged Discrimination

Globe Life may face a lawsuit from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over alleged discrimination against six of its sales agents, the insurer disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday. The EEOC, a federal body responsible for enforcing laws …

BNP Manager Alleged to Have Cut Women’s Bonuses to Give to Men

A BNP Paribas SA manager faces allegations he ordered staff to cut female employees bonuses to boost the pay of male colleagues in London, according to fresh claims by a broker who previously won a landmark case against the French …

Former UPS Driver Wins $238 Million Verdict in Suit Over Firing

A Black UPS driver won a $237.6 million jury verdict in a case in which he alleged he’d been discriminated against and subject to a hostile work environment before being fired. The verdict, rendered Thursday in the US District Court …

Apple Accused in Lawsuit of Underpaying Female Workers in California

Apple on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action accusing the tech giant of paying more than 12,000 female employees in California less than men with comparable jobs. The lawsuit filed in state court in San Francisco by two …

Black Men Were Asked to Leave Flight Sue American Airlines for Discrimination

Black passengers who were briefly ordered off an American Airlines plane in January sued the airline, alleging that they were victims of racial discrimination. Three of the men filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York. They said they …

American Airlines Sued for Removing Black Passengers From Flight

American Airlines was accused in a lawsuit on Wednesday of race discrimination for temporarily removing three Black men from a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to New York City. In a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn, the plaintiffs said …

Former Executive Alleges Gender Bias, Retaliatory Firing by NEXT Insurance

A former chief corporate officer for NEXT Insurance is accusing the company and its chief executive officer of gender and disability discrimination in the workplace and of firing her in retaliation for her request for medical leave for cancer surgery. …

Chicago Tribune Staffers’ Unequal Pay Lawsuit Claims Race And Sex Discrimination

The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts. The complaint filed in federal court in Chicago also names Tribune …