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Jan 17, 2014

The EEOC “Throws A Challenge Flag” At Massive Fee Award

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The EEOC has launched a “Hail Mary pass” just in time for the NFL’s conference championship weekend.  On January 16, 2014, the Commission has asked the Eighth Circuit to reverse what is believed to be the largest fee sanction award against it in the EEOC’s history – of nearly $4.7 million entered in EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc., Case No. 07-CV-95, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107822 (N.D. Iowa Aug. 1, 2013). 

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