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Tried to Waive the Jury, Failed. Got a Jury, It Didn’t Decide the Right Thing Either.

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supervisor approved the employee’s hairstyle at her interview, then sent her home for wearing it on day one. A federal appeals court says the case over what happened next isn’t finished, for eithe

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ide. TL;DR: A federal appeals court vacated an $811,264 jury verdict for a former security contractor employee after finding the trial judge’s jury instructions omitted a required element of her retaliation claim. It also rejected the

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