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U.S. District Court in Iowa Sanctions EEOC…Again

By Patrick Smith on August 12, 2013
Posted in Litigation and Trials, Title VII

U.S. District Judge Linda Reade has become the scourge of the EEOC.   On August 1 Judge Reade entered an order sanctioning EEOC nearly $4.7 million for attorney’s fees and expenses CRST Van Expedited incurred to defend itself against a largely frivolous complaint alleging that as many as 270 female employees were subject to a pattern and …

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