Horton Law Firm Blog Category: Employment Law

Gina Carano and Disney Lay Down Their Lightsabers and Settle Lawsuit

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Aug 11, 2025 | Employment Law, Pop Culture

Balance to the Force has been restored! Or, at least, a settlement between Gina Carano and Disney has been reached in Carano’s wrongful termination lawsuit against Disney. News broke late last week that the long-running litigation brought by Carano has come to... read more

Supreme Court Signals Support for Trump’s Authority to Fire NLRB Members

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 21, 2025 | EEOC, National Labor Relations Act

Back in May 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene early in the lawsuit filed by former NLRB chairperson Gwynne Wilcox regarding Trump’s authority to terminate her employment with the NLRB. As I wrote about earlier this year, Trump fired Wilcox... read more

Upstate Librarian Fired for Protesting Removal of LGBTQ+ Display

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 1, 2025 | Political Rights

What employment rights exist to protect a public employee in South Carolina? A new lawsuit filed this week in Oconee County, South Carolina provides a good factual scenario for us to explore those potential rights for public employees. The lawsuit alleges that a... read more

Supreme Court Holds Reverse Discrimination is the Same as Regular Discrimination

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jun 16, 2025 | Employment Law

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that reverse discrimination is the same as regular discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. This ruling comes as welcome news to employees who have... read more

Trump Nominates New Commissioner for the EEOC

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | May 19, 2025 | EEOC

President Donald Trump nominates Brittany Bull Panuccio for one of the open commissioner spots of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). If she is confirmed, then the EEOC would once again have a quorum and would make a 2-1 Republican majority. Ms.... read more

EEOC No Longer Investigating Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claims under Title VII

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Apr 25, 2025 | Discrimination, EEOC

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has instructed its employees and investigators to not investigate transgender and gender identity discrimination charges that are filed with the agency. The EEOC made this announcement based on the January 20, 2025... read more

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