What’s Good For The Goose … Court Turns Table On EEOC In Subpoena Ruling

Yesterday, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the Court turned the tables on the EEOC on a controversial subpoena issue. The EEOC has traditionally used broad subpoenas attempting to extract sensitive and expansive information from employers in cases around the country. (Click here and here to read more.) But here, the EEOC attempted to limit the records the employer could obtain from subpoenas of its own. The Court, however, wouldn’t bite on the EEOC’s argument, and denied the EEOC’s Motion to Quash Chipotle’s subpoenas seeking employment records from claimant’s former and current employers to aid in its defense.

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