EEOC V. CVS

​Issue: Employment
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

RLC's Position:
The RLC supported the employer’s motion to dismiss at the trial stage in this case where the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued the employer alleging that its standard-form separation agreement violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The motion was granted and the EEOC appealed. The RLC filed a brief asking the 7th Circuit to affirm the lower court’s dismissal of the case and provided practical examples of how standard-form separation agreements benefit both the employer and the employee.

Case Outcome: 
The Court affirmed the district court's judgment.

Procedure and Documents:

• EEOC Opening Brief filed April 2015
• CVS Response Brief filed June 2015
• EEOC Reply Brief filed July 2015
• CVS's Response to EEOC Supplemental Authority ​
• Oral argument October 2, 2015
• 7th Circuit's Opinion Affirming the District Court's Judgment filed December 2015
• EEOC's Petition for Rehearing En Banc filed January 2016
• CVS's Answer to EEOC's Petition filed February 2016
• 7th Circuit's Decision Denying EEOC's Petition issued March 2016

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