Court Denies EEOC's Motion To Compel Discovery Regarding Employees In Case Brought On Behalf Of Rejected Applicant

On July 22, 2013, Judge Paul D. Borman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan upheld Magistrate Judge Mark Randon’s ruling in the case of EEOC v. The WW Group, Inc., d/b/a Weight Watchers, Case No 12-11124 (E.D. Mich. July 22, 2013), limiting the scope of permissible discovery that the EEOC could pursue. Judge Borman held that Magistrate Judge Randon properly ruled that the EEOC could not question Weight Watchers’ witnesses about the company’s policies and practices towards employees as the EEOC’s case only involved a single job applicant. 

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