Seyfarth Releases Annual EEOC Litigation Report, Names Top Trends from 2012 and Trends to Watch in 2013

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Brian Kiefer, Director of Public Relations
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Ivette Delgado, Senior Public Relations Associate
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CHICAGO (January 29, 2013) – Seyfarth Shaw LLP has released its annual report on EEOC legal activities, EEOC-Initiated Litigation: Case Law Developments In 2012 And Trends To Watch For In 2013, the industry’s definitive source of intelligence that focuses exclusively on EEOC-related litigation.

Co-authored by Seyfarth partners Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Christopher J. DeGroff, co-chairs of the firm’s Complex Discrimination Litigation practice group, this year’s report covers more decisions than ever before and provides readers with a detailed executive summary and comprehensive analysis on the unique aspects of court rulings in 2012 on EEOC litigation and the challenges of litigating against the EEOC. For the first time, the complete edition is also available for immediate download as an eBook. To download the eBook, please click here.

In reviewing the landscape of 2012 decisions in EEOC litigation, the Seyfarth report analyzes five substantive trends, including:

The new focus on ADA cases
Subpoena enforcement actions
A focus on workplace harassment cases
Attacking novel litigation theories - expanding coverage of existing laws
Rulings that apply § 706’s limitation period to EEOC pattern or practice allegations brought under § 707 of Title VII

In addition to these key trends, Seyfarth selected the five most intriguing cases from 2012, and a more detailed breakdown of these five can be found here at Seyfarth’s Workplace Class Action Blog.

Seyfarth’s EEOC-Initiated Litigation report also contains a variety of charts and graphs tracking key EEOC case categories and historical data. From this data, Seyfarth developed a detailed infographic illustrating the EEOC’s increasing focus on systemic discrimination cases, which can be viewed here.

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