CVS Prevails in First Round on TKO

The federal district court in Chicago last week issued its much-awaited opinion in EEOC v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. 1-14-cv-00863 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2014). The decision was anticlimactic. Given the issues at stake, however, as well as some pro-employer signals from the court, every employer that provides severance in exchange for a release should take note. At bottom, the decision means EEOC can and will continue attacking heretofore routine separation agreements.

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