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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)on Tuesday accused Walmart Inc of failing to put an end to severe sexual harassment of female workers by the manager of a West Virginia store and of firing a woman after she complained to the commission. Debra Lawrence, the EEOC's regional attorney in Philadelphia, said preventing sexual harassment requires employers to act "promptly and forcefully." The EEOC filed Tuesday's lawsuit on behalf of a class of female workers who were allegedly harassed by the manager. The commission is seeking an order requiring Walmart to revise its policies on preventing sexual harassment and retaliation, along with backpay and other money damages for the class of women. The case is EEOC v. Walmart Stores East LP, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, No.

Persons: groped, Debra Lawrence, Lawrence, Delaney Anderson, Jason Bailey, Daniel Wiessner Organizations: Walmart, Opportunity Commission, Walmart Inc, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: West Virginia, Lewisburg, Bentonville , Arkansas, Philadelphia, Southern District of West Virginia

REUTERS/Seth Wenig/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 30 (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday moved to extend mandatory overtime pay to 3.6 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era rule that was struck down in court. The proposed rule would not affect overtime eligibility for workers who are paid hourly. Salaried workers who earn above the salary threshold may still be eligible for overtime pay if they do not primarily perform management-related duties. But a federal judge in Texas the following year said that ceiling was so high that it could sweep in some management workers who are exempt from overtime pay protections. Ben Brubeck, vice president of construction trade group Associated Builders and Contractors, on Wednesday called the proposed rule disappointing.

Persons: Seth Wenig, Joe Biden, Obama, Trump, Jessica Looman, Looman, Ben Brubeck, DOL, Brubeck, Daniel Wiessner, Bernadette Baum, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Brooklyn, REUTERS, U.S, U.S . Department of Labor, Labor Department, Workers, Associated Builders and Contractors, Thomson Locations: New York, California, Texas, Albany , New York

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 30 (Reuters) - A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year. Zeman, for example, claims X laid off 60% of workers who were 50 or older and nearly three-quarters of those who were over 60, compared with 54% of employees younger than 50. The judge dismissed a claim that X intentionally targeted older workers for layoffs, but gave Zeman a month to file an amended lawsuit fleshing out that claim. The lawsuit is one of about a dozen X is facing stemming from Musk's decision to lay off about half of Twitter's workforce beginning last November. Liss-Riordan also represents about 2,000 former Twitter employees who have filed similar legal claims against the company in arbitration.

Persons: Porte, Gonzalo Fuentes, X, Elon Musk, Susan Illston, John Zeman, Zeman, Illston, Shannon Liss, Riordan, Zeman's, Liss, Daniel Wiessner, Andrea Ricci Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, Twitter, Elon, U.S, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, California, Albany , New York

The logo for McDonald's restaurant is seen as McDonald's Corp. reports fourth quarter earnings, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 27, 2022. Circuit Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote that those questions "can’t be answered by observing that any given franchise contract, viewed by itself, expands the output of food." Two former McDonald's workers were appealing a 2022 ruling by U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso in Chicago dismissing claims the agreements stifled competition and depressed their wages. McDonald's in court filings has said it stopped requiring franchisees to sign no-poach agreements in 2017. The 7th Circuit on Friday also said the district court judge should rethink his ruling declining to certify a nationwide class in the lawsuit.

Persons: Joshua Roberts, Frank Easterbrook, can’t, McDonald's, Jorge Alonso, Biden, Daniel Wiessner, Mark Potter Organizations: McDonald's Corp, REUTERS, U.S, Circuit, Appeals, District, Democratic, D.C, Thomson Locations: Arlington , Virginia, U.S, Chicago, United States, Washington, Albany , New York

Export control laws restrict companies from sharing sensitive information and technology with certain individuals from other countries. Rebecca Bernhard, a Minneapolis-based labor lawyer who represents companies, said employers subject to export control laws often ignore the ban on citizenship-based bias in the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), exposing them to legal action. Out of more than 10,000 hires, SpaceX only hired one asylee during that period, according to the lawsuit. The DOJ did not directly cite its guidance in the SpaceX lawsuit, but used nearly identical language to describe the company's alleged violations. "Export control laws and regulations do not prohibit or restrict employers from hiring asylees and refugees; those laws treat asylees and refugees just like U.S. citizens," the department said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Elon Musk, Rebecca Bernhard, Bernhard, aslyees, Musk, asylees, Daniel Wiessner, Amy Stevens, Deepa Babington Organizations: SpaceX, Elon, REUTERS, Space Exploration Technologies, U.S . Department of Justice, DOJ, General Motors Co, Immigration, INA, Justice Department, Companies, Thomson Locations: Minneapolis, U.S, United States, Albany , New York

Jenkins denied a motion by McDonald's and Kempczinski to dismiss Peaster's race discrimination and retaliation claims. The judge did dismiss claims that McDonald's had created a hostile work environment and intentionally caused Peaster emotional distress. Carmen Caruso, a lawyer for Peaster, said he looks forward to bringing the surviving claims to trial. At a 2021 meeting at McDonald's corporate headquarters, Peaster, the company's vice president of global safety, security, and intelligence, said Kempczinski's response to the incident had been insufficient. Peaster claims that following the meeting, Kempczinski and other executives retaliated against him by refusing to meet with him and making it impossible for him to do his job.

Persons: Chris Kempczinski, District Judge Linsday Jenkins, Michael Peaster, Peaster, Jenkins, Kempczinski, McDonald's, Carmen Caruso, Lori Lightfoot, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: McDonald's, McDonald's Corp, District, Chicago, Peaster, Thomson Locations: Chicago, U.S, Albany , New York

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker are board members. The complaints come as many experts expect an uptick in challenges to corporate diversity programs following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that prohibited race-conscious college admissions policies. “There certainly is a deep psychological effect that is putting the brakes on the forward movement of diversity in the workplace,” Rossein said. America First has also filed lawsuits accusing Target Corp and Progressive Insurance of breaching their duties to shareholders by adopting diversity programs and progressive marketing campaigns, for instance celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month. Commissioner Andrea Lucas, a Trump appointee, filed a dozen charges last year, more than any of her colleagues.

Persons: Trump, Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's Mar, Jonathan Ernst, Activision's, Kellogg, Morgan Stanley, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Matthew Whitaker, Rick Rossein, ” Rossein, Hershey, Andrea Lucas, Lucas, Gene Hamilton, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Activision Blizzard Inc, Kellogg, U.S, Opportunity Commission, America, Starbucks Corp, McDonald's Corp, Anheuser, Busch Companies, Hershey Co, Republican, Trump, Supreme, City University of New York School of Law, Target Corp, Progressive Insurance, Activision, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, U.S, America, Albany , New York

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Florida on Thursday declined to block the state's law barring citizens of China and other "countries of concern" from owning homes or land in the state. Winsor, an appointee of Republican then-President Donald Trump, denied a bid by four Chinese nationals to block the law pending the outcome of their lawsuit filed in May. Florida's law prohibits individuals who are "domiciled" in China and are not U.S. citizens or green card holders from purchasing buildings or land in the state. The ACLU claims the law violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process and the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA), which prohibits housing discrimination based on race and national origin. The Biden administration filed a brief last month agreeing that the Florida law violates the FHA.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, District Judge Allen Winsor, Winsor, Donald Trump, Ashley Gorski, general's, Ron DeSantis, Biden, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: REUTERS, District, Republican, American Civil Liberties Union, U.S, Chinese Communist Party, ACLU, Housing, Thomson Locations: U.S, Florida, China, Tallahassee , Florida, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Albany , New York

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photoAug 10 (Reuters) - A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency's novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally weed out older job applicants. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) involving a company's use of AI to make employment decisions. The commission, which enforces workplace bias laws, in 2021 launched an initiative to ensure that AI software used by U.S. employers complies with anti-discrimination laws. Many worker advocates and policymakers are concerned about the potential for existing biases to be baked into AI software, even unintentionally. Experts expect an increasing number of lawsuits accusing employers of discriminating through their use of AI software.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, ITutorGroup, EEOC, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Andy Sullivan Organizations: REUTERS, iTutorGroup Inc, U.S, Opportunity Commission, Ping An Insurance, Thomson Locations: China, U.S, New York, California, Albany , New York

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoCompanies Starbucks Corp FollowAug 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected Starbucks Corp's (SBUX.O) challenge to a ruling requiring the coffee chain to rehire seven employees at a Memphis, Tennessee, store who were allegedly fired for supporting a union. Circuit Court of Appeals is the first from an appeals court involving a nationwide campaign that has seen workers at more than 300 Starbucks locations vote to unionize. "Fear of retaliation will exist unless the Memphis Seven, apparently terminated for their union support, are reinstated," Circuit Judge Danny Boggs wrote for the court. Starbucks and the labor board, which had sought the order reinstating the workers, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. More than 600 complaints have been filed with the labor board accusing Starbucks of illegal labor practices such as firing union supporters, spying on workers and closing stores during labor campaigns.

Persons: Mike Blake, Danny Boggs, Daniel Wiessner, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Companies Starbucks, Starbucks, Circuit, Memphis Seven, National Labor Relations Board, U.S . Congress, U.S, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Memphis , Tennessee, Ohio, Memphis, United States, Ann Arbor , Michigan, Philadelphia, Seattle, Albany , New York

Kellogg's Corn Flakes, owned by Kellogg Company, are seen for sale in a store in Queens, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. "Management has discarded the company's long-held family friendly marketing approach to politicize and sexualize its products," the group said. The EEOC can sue companies if it finds that their employment practices amount to illegal discrimination. "Kellogg’s employment practices are unlawfully based on 'equity,' which is a euphemism for illegal discrimination," Reed Rubenstein, a lawyer with the group, wrote in the letter. America First said it also had sent a letter to Kellogg's board of directors on Wednesday threatening shareholder litigation if the company maintains the allegedly illegal policies.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Kellogg, Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, RuPaul, Reed Rubenstein, America, Daniel Wiessner, Stephen Coates Organizations: Kellogg Company, REUTERS, Wednesday, America, Donald Trump . America, U.S, Opportunity Commission, Management, Supreme, Tuesday, Target Corp, Thomson Locations: Queens , New York City, U.S, Albany , New York

And Amazon failed to ensure that injured employees received adequate treatment, the agency said. Separately on Thursday, a worker advocacy group said it had filed a complaint with OSHA on behalf of employees at an Amazon warehouse near St. Louis, Missouri. They claim the online retailer imposes excessive, unsafe work rates and that they were mistreated by Amazon's in-house medical staff. The company has said that it invests millions of dollars in worker safety and has cooperated with OSHA's nationwide investigation. Critics of Amazon have long accused the company of putting profit over safety by requiring employees to work at an unsafe pace and forgo breaks to meet demanding quotas.

Persons: Gonzalo Fuentes, Amazon's, unionize, Daniel Wiessner Organizations: Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, Inc, U.S . Department, Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, Amazon, Thomson Locations: Porte, Paris, France, U.S, Logan Township , New Jersey, St, Louis , Missouri, New York City, Albany , New York

'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. Lawyers for Musk in a separate filing said claims against him should be tossed out because he did not sign a specific provision of the merger agreement involving employee benefits, including severance pay. Twitter laid off more than half its workforce as a cost-cutting measure after Musk acquired the company last October. The lawsuit is not a class action, but two similar pending lawsuits brought on behalf of much larger groups of former Twitter employees claim the company owes more than $500 million in severance pay. X has said all of the workers were paid in full.

Persons: Carlos Barria, Elon Musk, Musk, Daniel Wiessner, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters Connect Companies, X Corp, Twitter, Musk, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Delaware, Wilmington , Delaware, New York , California, Texas, Albany , New York

Twitter laid off more than half of its workforce as a cost-cutting measure after Musk acquired the company last October. A similar lawsuit was filed last week in California federal court claiming Twitter owes ex-employees more than $500 million in severance. Woodfield also claims that Twitter targeted him to be laid off because he is an "older worker," though the complaint does not state his age. According to the lawsuit, Woodfield signed an agreement to arbitrate work-related legal disputes that requires Twitter to pay the initial fees to allow individual cases to proceed. But Woodfield claims Twitter has refused to pay the fee in his case, blocking it from going forward.

Persons: Chris Woodfield, Musk, Twitter, Woodfield, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Deepa Babington Organizations: Twitter, Elon, Thomson Locations: Delaware, Seattle, California, Albany , New York

Adolph sued Uber in 2019, claiming the company misclassified UberEats drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, who must be reimbursed for work expenses under California law. A unique California law called the Private Attorney General Act, or PAGA, allows workers to sue for employment law violations on behalf of the state and keep one-quarter of any money they win. The California Supreme Court said nothing in that law bars workers from pursuing claims on their own behalf in arbitration while separately litigating large-scale claims in court. Michael Rubin, who represents Adolph, said the ruling could spur companies to reconsider forcing workers' claims into arbitration if large-scale PAGA lawsuits can still proceed in court. Business groups maintain that arbitration is quicker and more efficient than court, allowing workers to recoup more money.

Persons: Erik Adolph, Adolph, Uber, Theane, Michael Rubin, Rubin, Daniel Wiessner, Alison Frankel, Alexia Garamfalvi, Josie Kao Organizations: Technologies, California Supreme, Private, Supreme, Viking, Business, Trade, U.S . Chamber of Commerce, Thomson Locations: California, U.S, Albany , New York, New York

July 13 (Reuters) - A group of Republican U.S. state attorney generals on Thursday warned the country's largest companies that certain workforce diversity policies could be illegal in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision effectively striking down affirmative action in higher education. The attorney generals urged the companies to abandon race-based quotas or preferences in hiring, promotion and contracting and threatened legal action "sooner rather than later" if they do not. "Companies that engage in racial discrimination should and will face serious legal consequences," the attorney generals wrote. They were joined by the attorney generals of Indiana, South Carolina and Missouri, among others. But in Thursday's letter, the attorney generals said well-intentioned race discrimination is still illegal.

Persons: Kris Kobach, Jonathan Skrmetti, Harvard University's, Neil Gorsuch, George Floyd, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Alistair Bell Organizations: Republican, U.S, Companies, Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Uber Technologies Corp, Harvard, University of North, Federal, Thomson Locations: Republican U.S, U.S ., Kansas, Tennessee, Indiana , South Carolina, Missouri, Albany , New York

But Twitter only gave laid-off workers at most one month of severance pay, and many of them did not receive anything, McMillian claims. Twitter laid off more than half of its workforce as a cost-cutting measure after Musk acquired the company in October. The lawsuit accuses Twitter and Musk of violating a federal law regulating employee benefit plans. Twitter has already been sued for allegedly failing to pay severance, but those cases involve breach of contract claims and not the benefits law. A pending lawsuit filed last month accuses Twitter of also failing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses it owes to remaining employees.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Elon Musk, Courtney McMillian, McMillian, Musk, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Elon, Twitter, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: San Francisco federal, Albany , New York

The seven-member California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that allowing so-called "take home COVID" claims could encourage businesses to adopt precautions that slow the delivery of services to the public, or to shut down completely during pandemics. "Even limiting a duty of care to employees' household members, the pool of potential plaintiffs would be enormous, numbering not thousands but millions of Californians," Justice Carol Corrigan wrote for the court. Circuit Court of Appeals last year asked it to decide whether California law recognizes negligence claims against employers when workers spread COVID to household members. The 9th Circuit is considering Kuciemba's bid to revive her lawsuit after it was dismissed by a California federal judge. Business groups had argued that allowing take home COVID claims could prompt lawsuits by an infected employee's family and friends, and anyone infected by that circle of people, creating a never-ending chain of liability.

Persons: Corby Kuciemba, COVID, Carol Corrigan, Woodworks, Thursday's, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Richard Chang Organizations: COVID, Victory Woodworks Inc, Kuciemba, San, Circuit, Thomson Locations: pandemics, California, San Francisco

July 6 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N), DoorDash Inc (DASH.N) and other app-based food delivery companies filed lawsuits on Thursday seeking to strike down New York City's novel law setting a minimum wage for drivers. The companies filed separate complaints in New York state court claiming the law, which takes effect next week, is based on a misunderstanding of how the food delivery industry works. Relay Delivery Inc also filed a lawsuit in the same court claiming the law will put the New York-based company out of business unless it raises the fees it charges to restaurants. The law will require that drivers be paid $17.96 an hour, which will rise to nearly $20 in April 2025. Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Daniel Wiessner, Josie Kao Organizations: Technologies, DoorDash Inc, Grubhub Inc, DoorDash, Companies, Thomson Locations: New York, York, Albany , New York

Last week, the Supreme Court said race-conscious policies adopted by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina to ensure that more non-white students are admitted are unconstitutional. Harvard College is the undergraduate school of Harvard University. The groups in Monday's complaint said the Supreme Court ruling had made it even more imperative to eliminate policies that disadvantage non-white applicants. Representative Barbara Lee, a Democrat from California, called legacy policies "affirmative action for white people" in a tweet. The lawyer, Seth Waxman, told the court that there was no evidence that ending legacy preferences would lead to a more diverse student body.

Persons: Ivan Espinoza, Madrigal, ”, Joe Biden, las, Barbara Lee, Michael Kippins, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Seth Waxman, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Leslie Adler Organizations: Harvard, U.S, Supreme, U.S . Department of Education, Harvard University, University of North, Harvard College, Lawyers, Civil Rights, Democrat, of Education, UNC, Conservative, Thomson Locations: University of North Carolina, Boston, California, Albany , New York

Edward Blum, the founder of the group that brought Thursday's Supreme Court case, made it clear in a statement that he would be watching schools' reaction closely. But such programs could draw legal challenges claiming that schools are simply using other criteria as a substitute for race. A divided appeals court rejected the parents' claim, but many legal observers say the Supreme Court could choose to take up the case. Some employment lawyers also warned that Thursday's decision, while focused on colleges, nevertheless could encourage more legal challenges to corporate diversity and inclusion programs. But in practice, corporate programs can sometimes give the appearance of granting preferences to particular groups, and the Supreme Court ruling could fuel opposition to them, said Krissy Katzenstein, a partner at Baker McKenzie in New York who represents employers.

Persons: McKenzie, John Roberts, Roberts, Dayna Bowen Matthew, George Washington, Brian Fitzpatrick, Edward Blum, Blum, Evan Caminker, Krissy Katzenstein, Baker McKenzie, Joseph Ax, Dan Wiessner, Tom Hals, Amy Stevens, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Baker, . Constitution, Vanderbilt University, University of Michigan, Companies, Thomson Locations: ., California, Virginia, New York

June 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether workers can bring discrimination lawsuits based on unwanted workplace transfers that were allegedly motivated by bias, an issue that can make or break many cases. Muldrow appealed a lower court's ruling that the conduct by the police department could not form the basis of a discrimination lawsuit. The Supreme Court will hear the case in its next term, which begins in October. The Supreme Court on Friday took no action on a separate case questioning whether paid suspensions count as adverse employment actions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The department has said officers are routinely transferred and the plaintiff's supervisor transferred more than 20 officers when he took over the unit.

Persons: St, Louis, Jatonya Muldrow, Muldrow, Joe Biden's, VII, Daniel Wiessner, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Civil, Thomson Locations: Albany , New York

Reverse discrimination lawsuits are common, but there is little court precedent on the legality of whole diversity programs. The Supreme Court in a 1979 ruling upheld a chemical company's policy that at least half of its trainees for skilled craft positions be Black. By calling out specific admissions policies, such as giving "pluses" to minority students, the court's decision is likely to embolden critics who claim workforce diversity programs similarly give unfair advantages to certain groups. The Pfizer case was brought by Do No Harm, a conservative activist group that has challenged several diversity programs in healthcare. Those broad policies are likely insulated from legal challenges, according to Doug Brayley, a Boston-based partner at law firm Ropes & Gray.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, Gray, Thursday’s, John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, “, ”, Dan Morenoff, George Floyd, Andrea Lucas, Lucas, Donald Trump, Roberts, Edward Blum, Blum, Doug Brayley, ” Brayley, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Harvard University, University of North, REUTERS, American Civil Rights, Opportunity Commission, Republican, Democratic, Pfizer Inc, Pfizer, Conservative, Gray, Thomson Locations: University of North Carolina, Washington , U.S, Boston, Albany , New York

Companies Twitter Inc FollowJune 21 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc is facing a lawsuit claiming it failed to pay workers millions of dollars in promised bonuses, adding to a pile of court cases filed since Elon Musk acquired the social media company. Schobinger says that before and after Musk purchased Twitter last year, the company promised employees that they would receive 50% of their target bonuses for 2022. But those payments never materialized, according to the lawsuit, which accuses Twitter of breach of contract. Twitter in those cases is accused of failing to pay promised severance and targeting female employees and workers with disabilities for layoffs, among other claims. Many landlords, vendors and consultants have also sued Twitter over unpaid bills, some of which Musk inherited when he bought the company.

Persons: Elon Musk, Mark Schobinger, Schobinger, Musk, Shannon Liss, Riordan, Parag Agrawal, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Conor Humphries Organizations: Twitter, Elon, X Corp, Thomson Locations: San Francisco federal, Delaware, Albany , New York

Circuit Court of Appeals said the law adopted last year by Westchester County, New York, was valid under a 2000 Supreme Court ruling that rejected a challenge to a similar law in Colorado. The court said it was bound to follow that ruling unless the Supreme Court expressly overturns it. The Supreme Court in a 2014 case struck down a Massachusetts law establishing a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics, but the court did not mention the Hill decision. Last year, an Ohio-based U.S. appeals court temporarily blocked a Kentucky county's 10-foot buffer zone, citing the 2014 Supreme Court decision. A Philadelphia-based appeals court is currently considering a challenge to a 20-foot buffer zone adopted by Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Persons: Debra Vitagliano, Vitagliano, Becket Law, Hill, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Leslie Adler Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Circuit, Appeals, Vitagliano, Becket, U.S . Constitution, Thomson Locations: York, Manhattan, Westchester County , New York, Colorado, Westchester County, New York City, U.S ., . Colorado, Massachusetts, Ohio, Kentucky, Philadelphia, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, Albany , New York

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